{"id":10325,"date":"2018-05-03T14:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10325"},"modified":"2018-05-03T12:33:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:33:27","slug":"seiu-local-32bj-endorses-in-maryland-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10325","title":{"rendered":"SEIU Local 32BJ Endorses in Maryland Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco.<\/em><\/p>\n

SEIU Local 32BJ<\/a>, a gigantic building services union stretching from New England to Florida, has announced endorsements in Maryland races.\u00a0 The local is not to be confused with SEIU Local 500, which organizes MCPS support staff, adjunct faculty and child care workers, but the two locals share many progressive views and are both powerhouses.\u00a0 We reprint 32BJ\u2019s press release below.<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n

Thursday May 3, 2018<\/p>\n

FOR MORE INFORMATION:<\/p>\n

Julie Karant: jkarant@seiu32bj.org<\/p>\n

UNION REPRESENTING 18,000 WORKERS IN MARYLAND AND D.C. AREA ENDORSES MARYLAND STATE & COUNTY CANDIDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silver Spring, MD \u2013 Commercial office cleaners and private security officers from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 32BJ today announced their endorsements in races for Maryland State Senate and Delegate as well as Prince George\u2019s and Montgomery County Council. \u201cThese candidates are dedicated to improving life for Maryland\u2019s immigrant and minority communities,” said 32BJ SEIU Vice President Jaime Contreras. \u201cThey also understand that low-wage workers need and deserve a $15 minimum wage to support their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

MD Statewide<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Jealous<\/p>\n

Governor<\/p>\n

Brian Frosh<\/p>\n

Attorney General<\/p>\n

MD Senate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Craig Zucker<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 14<\/p>\n

Jeff Waldstreicher<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 18<\/p>\n

Will Smith<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 20<\/p>\n

Jim Rosapepe<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 21<\/p>\n

Paul Pinsky<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 22<\/p>\n

Joanne Benson<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 24<\/p>\n

Angela Angel<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 25<\/p>\n

Jamila Woods<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 26<\/p>\n

Antonio Hayes<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 40<\/p>\n

Alethia McCaskill<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 44<\/p>\n

Mary Washington<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 43<\/p>\n

Cory McCray<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 45<\/p>\n

Bill Ferguson<\/p>\n

MD State Senate District 46<\/p>\n

MD House<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anne Kaiser<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 14<\/p>\n

Eric Luedtke<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 14<\/p>\n

Pamela Queen<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 14<\/p>\n

Ariana Kelly<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 16<\/p>\n

Emily Shetty<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 18<\/p>\n

Jared Solomon<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 18<\/p>\n

Bonnie Cullison<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 19<\/p>\n

Marlin Jenkins<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 19<\/p>\n

Marice Morales<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 19<\/p>\n

David Moon<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 20<\/p>\n

Jheanelle Wilkins<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 20<\/p>\n

Darian Unger<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 20<\/p>\n

Jocelyn Pena Melnick<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 21<\/p>\n

Matt Dernoga<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 21<\/p>\n

Mary Lehman<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 21<\/p>\n

Alonzo Washington<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 22<\/p>\n

Erek Barron<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 24<\/p>\n

Jazz Lewis<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 24<\/p>\n

Dereck Davis<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 25<\/p>\n

Wala Blegay<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 25<\/p>\n

David Sloan<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 26<\/p>\n

Veronica Turner<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 26<\/p>\n

Gabriel Acevero<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 39<\/p>\n

Terrell Boston Smith<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 40<\/p>\n

Melissa Wells<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 40<\/p>\n

Nick Mosby<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 40<\/p>\n

Maggie Mcintosh<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 43<\/p>\n

Cheryl Glenn<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 45<\/p>\n

Luke Clippinger<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 46<\/p>\n

Brooke Lierman<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 46<\/p>\n

Robbyn Lewis<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 46<\/p>\n

Wanika Fisher<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 47B<\/p>\n

Jimmy Tarlau<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 47A<\/p>\n

Julian Ivey<\/p>\n

MD State Delegate District 47A<\/p>\n

Montgomery County<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marc Elrich<\/p>\n

County Executive<\/p>\n

Craig Rice<\/p>\n

County Council District 2<\/p>\n

Ben Shnider<\/p>\n

County Council District 3<\/p>\n

Nancy Navarro<\/p>\n

County Council District 4<\/p>\n

Tom Hucker<\/p>\n

County Council District 5<\/p>\n

Hans Riemer<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

Will Jawando<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

Brandy Brooks<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

Gabe Albornoz<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

PG County<\/strong><\/p>\n

Donna Edwards<\/p>\n

County Executive<\/p>\n

Victor Ramirez<\/p>\n

States Attorney<\/p>\n

Tom Dernoga<\/p>\n

County Council District 1<\/p>\n

Deni Taveras<\/p>\n

County Council District 2<\/p>\n

Jolene Ivey<\/p>\n

County Council District 5<\/p>\n

Krystal Oriadha<\/p>\n

County Council District 7<\/p>\n

Gerron Levi<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

Karen Toles<\/p>\n

County Council At-Large<\/p>\n

With more than 163,000 members in 11 states, including 18,000 in the D.C. Metropolitan Area and throughout Maryland, 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Adam Pagnucco. SEIU Local 32BJ, a gigantic building services union stretching from New England to Florida, has announced endorsements in Maryland races.\u00a0 The local is not to be confused with SEIU Local 500, which organizes MCPS support staff, adjunct faculty and child care workers, but the two locals share many progressive views and are … Continue reading SEIU Local 32BJ Endorses in Maryland Races<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[1595],"class_list":["post-10325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seiu","tag-seiu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2Gx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10325"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10329,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10325\/revisions\/10329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}