Joint Press Statement
SEIU AND FISHER
ISLAND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION REACH AGREEMENT
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BREAKTHROUGH ACCORD HAILED AS WIN-WIN BY MANAGEMENT AND
LABOR
Miami, FL --
Fisher Island Community Association and the Service Employees International
Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ, based in New York City, today announced a breakthrough
agreement between the union and the private company in one of the
nation’s most affluent communities. The agreement addresses wages
and benefits for property services employees in the first community association
in Miami to become unionized.
Mark James,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fisher Island Community
Association said, “For many years I was based in Manhattan, where my
northeastern portfolio of commercial properties was staffed by SEIU Local 32BJ
members. The relationship was a constructive one and it is my hope and
expectation that we will achieve the same level of partnership here at the
Fisher Island Community Association.”
"Fisher Island Community Association should be commended for doing the
right thing by these hard working men and women," said Mike
Fishman, President of Local 32BJ and Chair of the SEIU Property
Service Division. "This agreement is a major step forward
in providing property service workers in Florida and throughout the
South the respect they deserve and the representation they need and
want."
With more
than 100,000 members, Local 32BJ is the largest property
service workers union in the country.
In accordance
with the agreement, representatives of the union and Fisher Island Community
Association will not make any further public statements at this time.
Contacts:
Hiram Ruiz, SEIU, (786) 252-6717; Jose Cancela, FICA, (305) 606-8994
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