Press Releases Featured December 13, 2025 SEIU Local 1 Essential Janitors Ratify New St. Louis Janitorial Contract Affecting 1,600 Working Families December 13, 2025 Read more → December 13, 2025 November 21, 2025 St. Louis Board of Aldermen Unanimously Pass Resolution in Support of Essential Janitors Who Rejected Contract Offer from Contract Cleaners Association November 21, 2025 Read more → November 21, 2025 November 4, 2025 Local 1 Essential Janitors Rally Outside of Anheuser-Busch Flagship Brewery for Good Janitorial Jobs and to Protect Standards for Working People November 4, 2025 Read more → November 4, 2025 September 5, 2025 Statement from SEIU Local 1 President Genie Kastrup on Trump’s Threat of National Guard Deployment to Chicago September 5, 2025 Read more → September 5, 2025 August 27, 2025 SEIU Local 1 Essential St. Louis Janitors Rally and Hold Press Conference in Clayton to Fight for Good Janitorial Jobs and to Protect Standards for Working People August 27, 2025 Read more → August 27, 2025 August 27, 2025 SEIU Local 1 Essential Security Officers and Residential Door Staff in Chicago Rally and Hold Press Conference Downtown for Fair Contracts August 27, 2025 Read more → August 27, 2025 August 18, 2025 First Day of School, Fewer Custodians – Workers Rallied Outside Flagship High School Against Devastating Chicago Public School Cuts August 18, 2025 Read more → August 18, 2025 July 14, 2025 SEIU Local 1 Janitors Ratify New Kansas City Janitorial Contract Affecting ~800 Working Families July 14, 2025 Read more → July 14, 2025 June 19, 2025 SEIU Local 1 Essential Janitors in Kansas City, MO Rally Downtown for Fair Wages as Negotiations Affecting 800 Working Families and 150 KC Buildings Continue June 19, 2025 Read more → June 19, 2025 May 15, 2025 Kansas City Councilman Kevin O’Neill Introduces Resolution in Support of SEIU Local 1 Essential Janitors at Joint Press Conference and Rally for Better Wages and Fair Contract May 15, 2025 Read more → May 15, 2025