SEIU 32BJ

Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ (often shortened to SEIU 32BJ, 32BJ SEIU or just 32BJ), is a branch of Service Employees International Union headquartered in New York City which mainly represents building workers (maintenance, custodial, janitorial, window cleaners) and has about 150,000 members in ten northeastern states, Washington, D.C., Florida and other parts of the United States^[2]

32BJ SEIU

Service Employees International Union, Local 32BJ
Predecessor	#Merged unions
Founded	1977 (1977) as SEIU Local 32B-32J
Merger of	SEIU Local 32B & SEIU Local 32J
Headquarters	New York City, New York, U. S.
Location	United States
Members	148,201 (2016)[1]
Key people	Manny Pastreich, President
Affiliations	Service Employees International Union
Website	seiu32bj.org

Composition

Membership (US records)^[3]

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Finances (US records; ×$1000)^[3]

     Assets      Liabilities      Receipts      Disbursements

According to SEIU 32BJ's Department of Labor records since 2005, when membership classifications were first reported, around a quarter of the union's membership are considered part time.^[3]

History

In 1941, James Bambrick, 32B president since its founding, was forced to resign his union post and later served a sentence for embezzlement. Secretary-Treasurer David Sullivan, who had battled for financial integrity and safeguards, was elected to replace Bambrick.^[4]

In 1991, members of 32BJ went on a labor strike, and nearly came to strike in 2006 and 2010.^[5]

In the 21st century, locals that merged into 32BJ include: Local 615 (previously known as Local 254) (Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, merged 2013)^[2]

Past Presidents

• David Sullivan (1941–1960)
• John J. Sweeney (1976–1981), oversaw merger of Local 32J^[6]
• Gus Bevona (1981–1999)
• Héctor Figueroa (2012–2019; his death)^[7]
• Kyle Bragg (2019-2022)

See also

• International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen and Oilers

Footnotes

1. US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 011-661. Report submitted March 31, 2017.
2. Moore, Mary (August 5, 2013). "SEIU Local 615 to merge with larger New York union chapter". Boston Business Journal.
3. US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 011-661. (Search)
4. "Bambrick Admits Stealing Union Funds," New York Times, April 26, 1941; "David Sullivan Wins Post in Building Service Local," New York Times, June 20, 1941; "Bambrick Aide Elected," New York Times, September 19, 1941. Historians generally consider Bambrick's accusations to be accurate. See: Witwer, "The Scandal of George Scalise: A Case Study in the Rise of Labor Racketeering in the 1930s," Journal of Social History, Summer 2003; Fitch, Solidarity For Sale, 2006; Jacobs, Mobsters, Unions, and Feds: The Mafia and the American Labor Movement, 2007.
5. McGeehan, Patrick (April 21, 2010). "Deal Reached That Averts a Walkout by Doormen". The New York Times.
6. "History - 32BJ," SEIU Local 32BJ, no date.
7. Acevedo, Nicole (July 12, 2019). "Prominent Latino labor leader Héctor Figueroa has died at 57". NBC News.

• Organized labour portal

External links

• Media related to SEIU 32BJ at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• 32BJ Funds
• SEIU Local 32B-32J Records at the Walter P. Reuther Library at Wayne State University