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SEIU Local 2 Toronto janitors ratify new agreement covering 3,000+ private sector cleaners. Start closing the gap with the living wage.

TORONTO, April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- More than 3,000 private sector cleaners in Toronto could be walking off the job soon. A strike vote is scheduled for the members of SEIU Local 2 this...

Rally today at 6 pm at Halifax City Hall to protest the HRM Regional Council decision to award the Alderney Gate cleaning contract to non-union company.

SEIU Local 2 members ratify deal. Airport janitor strike is over. Back to work protocols.

Over 200 janitors that clean Vancouver’s international airport are set to walk off the job on Friday.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 2,500 SEIU Local 2 janitors ratified a historical two-year deal. “We’ve won big raises: $1.20 for everyone retroactive to the...

BELLEVILLE, Ontario, Aug. 05, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Janitors working at Loyalist College have been labouring day and night to prepare for students’ return to campus in September. But despite...

“YOU CAN CONTRACT OUT THE CLEANING, BUT YOU CANNOT CONTRACT OUT THE RESPONSIBILITY” JANITORS SAY TORONTO, May 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study launched by the Canadian Capital Stewardship...

OTTAWA, April 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “Has there been consideration for our frontline janitors and cleaners, as it relates to providing immediate raises, and keeping cleaners employed during...

TORONTO, April 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Service Employees International Union Local 2 has launched the Invisible to Essential campaign, calling on property owners, managers and cleaning...