Musician Tom Morello Joins SEIU Local 1 to Call for Equal Rights for All Workers

Hundreds of Security Officers Rally for a Safe Chicago

Aldermen, State Legislators and Religious Leaders Join the Call for Downtown Commercial Landlords to Protect Chicago
More than 300 security officers and supporters rallied Saturday and marched through downtown to call on owners and managers of commercial office buildings to protect Chicago by investing in security. 

“Security officers are expected to know how to protect the public and the valuable buildings where we work – which is a lot of responsibility – but we aren’t valued,” said Teresa Sanchez, who has been a security officer at 161 N. Clark for 10 years.  “How can Chicago expect to keep good officers who take their jobs seriously, if we don’t reward them equal to their responsibility?”

School Service Workers Are Fighting for Quality Services for Kids

We all want what is best for our kids, but ARAMARK—one of America's largest school cleaning and food service contractors—is short changing the people who work so hard to provide a clean, safe and healthy environment for our kids.

Food service workers and janitors want to provide quality services in our schools, but Aramark is tieing their hands—making food shortages, unhealthy food, and unsanitary cleaning practices are all too common at area public schools the company services

The workers are joining together to improve the quality of school services and the living standards of service workers at schools in the Chicago suburbs who work for Aramark.

Some are paid as little as $7.50 an hour, and most have no health insurance through their jobs.

“Our communities need good jobs with a future, not dead-end jobs that trap people in poverty” SEIU Local 1 President Tom Balanoff said. “This is a fight for the futures of workers and the futures our families.”