What Is Property Services?
Property Services workers are janitors, security officers, maintenance and custodial workers, stadium and arena workers, window cleaners, and other workers who provide important services.
Approximately 250,000 SEIU property services workers nationwide clean, maintain, and provide security for commercial office buildings, co-ops, and apartment buildings, as well as public facilities like theaters, stadiums, and airports.
SEIU was originally formed by janitors and chartered in 1921 as the “Building Service Employees International Union” (BSEIU). BSEIU’s charter members were mostly immigrants in Chicago working as flat and loft janitors –- toiling 12-hour days for $10 a week and the privilege of living with their families in dark basement apartments. Chicago-based Local 1, the first local, is still thriving today.
Property Services Issues
Affordable Health Care
Wealthy building owners have access to state-of-the-art health care while officers who guard their buildings can’t afford doctors' visits.
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