Yesterday, we had strike training and prepared for our strike at McArthurGlen outlet - a premier outdoor shopping centre near YVR. We came together as unionized cleaners working for Dexterra + across multiple sites in Metro Vancouver to prepare to hit the picket lines.👊🏽🧹

Wishing all who celebrate and observe Passover a joyous, meaningful, and kosher holiday. Chag Pesach Sameach!

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Stephen Lewis. A champion of workers’ rights, global health, and social justice, Stephen Lewis was a friend of SEIU and had a significant impact on the labour movement in Canada. We send our deepest condolences to all who held him dear.

We celebrate Trans Day of Visibility on March 31st and every day. Visibility is political and Trans Rights are Worker Rights. ✊🏼🏳️‍⚧️ Trans people have always and continue to lead intersectional labour movements and our fight for a just world must always be trans-inclusive.

Dexterra is at it AGAIN. Workers at multiple sites across Metro Vancouver are preparing to strike. Let's go! ✊🏽🧹 #JusticeForJanitors @bcfed.bsky.social

Congrats @avilewis.ca on being elected @ndp.ca federal leader, and to all the candidates in the leadership race for making labour and workers’ rights an important part of their platforms. 1/2

From the @ndp.ca convention floor, @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social says: “Right now as we speak, 50 custodians that are organizing with SEIU Local 2 are in the building, we must tell them that the NDP is their home.” 💬 1/2

Earlier this month, we held our Justice for Janitors General Membership Meeting in Toronto. 🟪🧽🟨 Congrats to new Branch President Renzo Garcia! Learn more about the new benefits plan: justiceforjanitors.ca/new-benefit-... The next GMM will take place on June 13, 2026.

Congrats, solidarity and thanks for the warm welcome! ✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

Cleaners at the RBC Convention Centre are forming a Union for the first time! Welcome! 🟪🧹🟨 We also welcome @avilewis.ca, @heathermcpherson.bsky.social, @rob-for-ndp-leader.bsky.social, @votetanille.bsky.social, @tonymcquailndp.bsky.social and all the @ndp.ca delegates to Convention in Winnipeg! 👋🏽

📰SEIU Local 2 President David Bridger calls on the federal government to act now to cancel this year’s scheduled beer tax increase and permanently eliminate the escalator tax that automatically raises alcohol excise duties every year. Read more via Toronto Star: seiulocal2.ca

Wow! What a turnout at Metrotown Station in Burnaby today! Workers, supporters, and union siblings showed up to blow the whistle on Dexterra Group and demand that @translink.ca get back to us with solutions! Thank you for the solidarity, Burnaby 💜 📸: Michael YC Tseng

Okay: noon on Tuesday, March 24 at Metrotown Station — it's a date! #BCLab

🙌🏽We’ve ratified a deal with Chartwells and won important advances in numerous areas including wage increases. More info soon! Thank you to the incredible Wolfville community members + the students and faculty at @acadiafaculty.bsky.social for showing up and sharing words of solidarity

May we work towards a labour movement that is intersectional and that honours and learns from Black, Indigenous, and racialized peoples. Labour in Canada and across the world is linked to migrant and racial justice. Solidarity and onwards for a world free of racial discrimination.

❗RALLY ALERT🚄 FIFA is around the corner and SEIU Local 2 has filed numerous grievances against Dexterra for several alleged violations. An unfair labour practice has also been filed alleging Dexterra is attempting to break the cleaners' union. 📅Join us on March 24 at 12 PM! @bcfed.bsky.social

Eid Al-Fitr Mubarak. Wishing happiness, warmth, and peace to all members, friends, communities, and supporters who celebrate. 🌙☮

❗🪧MONDAY STRIKE. We are Food Service workers employed by Chartwells Canada at Acadia University and Acadia Dining Services and we are striking on Monday, March 23. 📍📢Rally begins at 12 PM outside Wheelock! seiulocal2.ca/campaigns/ch...

We are excited to support Justin Santos and David Porteous for the Armstrong Regional Co-op (ARC) Board of Directors ✅ Justin and David are champions for change that are advocating for workers, members, and our community. Board Election is on March 25th. Pre-registration required takebackarc.org

Thank you to professors at Acadia University and the @acadiafaculty.bsky.social executive for their solidarity with SEIU Local 2 food service workers! AUFA demands that all those who support the mission of Acadia University be delivered fair contracts. ✊🏼💜

Workers supporting workers! Thank you to the amazing Administrative and Support Service Workers at Acadia University for their solidarity! ✊🏼 @acadiafaculty.bsky.social

Residents across Wolfville join in solidarity! Let's tell Acadia University and Acadia Dining Services that we will not sit idly while food service workers are disrespected! ✊🏼 @acadiafaculty.bsky.social

Across campus, Acadia community members are sharing their support for unionized food service workers. Power to the workers, power to the students!✊🏼 @acadiafaculty.bsky.social

❗Food Service workers employed by Chartwells Canada at @acadiafaculty.bsky.social have voted to strike by an overwhelming majority. The strike start date has not been announced, but it is imminent. More to come.

On March 8, J4J members across Vancouver attended the Vancouver & District Labour Council IWD dinner. Shoutout to Emyll, Irene, Lenna, Jinky, and Olivia for representing SEIU Local 2. Thank you to the panelists for sharing their knowledge & to the Women and Gender Rights Committee for organizing!

We won big at Greenacres Golf Course in BC! 🟪⛳🟨 New gains through our contract reflects our work and include: ✅ Higher wages than competing golf courses ✅ Major premium increases ✅ $1,000 signing bonus ✅ Pension improved by 25% ✅ New training fund; and so much more!

Janitors across Canada are organizing to win better working conditions, respect at work, and to raise industry standards for all cleaners. ✨ Join our movement to win improvement at your workplace 🟪🧽🟨 🔗 justiceforjanitors.ca/the-union-ad...

🎉Congrats to our members who clean the Victoria international Airport! They are part of the team of workers that have won an award recognizing their airport among the best for passenger experience. Cc: @bcfed.bsky.social

We’re getting strike ready! The Chartwells bosses at Acadia University don't respect us. As food service workers, we provide an essential service to students and yet, we are the lowest paid workers on campus. ✊🏽🍴 We’re ready to Unite. Fight. Win.

Norm is a frequent bike share user in Toronto who shared his thoughts on the significance of having this service and the workers who keep bikes safe and tuned for the road. 🔗Are you a bike share worker? Tell us about your workplace experience! tr.ee/RqiYBoDO2l

March 8 is International Women’s Day! We celebrate all the incredible women of all identities and intersections who make waves in the workplace, lead with integrity and strength, and champion labour rights for themselves and their colleagues. 💜✊🏽 1/2

SEIU Local 2's Executive Board has issued the following statement. Our thoughts are with the people in Iran. 🔗 tr.ee/j8lr9X9JXy

SEIU Local 2 rises in solidarity with the workers and people of Cuba against imperial sanctions. Please see the @oflabour.bsky.social’s statement. 🔗Read more on how the Ontario labour movement continues to support the struggle for sovereignty. tr.ee/6zzNliBnh-

Unionized Aramark workers win new contracts at @dalhousie.bsky.social and SMU. We secured better wages, more paid sick days, stronger seniority and job security, & the option to opt-out of a mandatory meal plan. Are you a food services worker? Let us know! tr.ee/P9NJU2ceKT

📰Last week, @cheknews.ca wrote about SEIU Local 2 member Steven Smith's selfless actions at his janitorial job at Nanaimo's Port Place mall. Workers have a right to a safe workplace! More here: justiceforjanitors.ca/seiu2-member...

Victory!✌🏽🏆 The Hon. Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court has ruled Bill 148 as unconstitutional. Workers are demanding that Premier Tim Houston follow through on his election promise and publicly commit there will be no government appeal. @hfxgov.bsky.social 🔗 seiulocal2.ca/major-victor...

We honour Pink Shirt Day and recognize that bullying and harassment is still prevalent in schools and in workplaces, and in both cases, can have long-lasting impacts on students, young people, and workers. 1/2

Cleaning is hard work, and janitors deserve strong contracts that include improvements to health benefits, paid personal days, and protection against sub-contracting. Join our movement to win improvement at your workplace! 🟪🧽🟨 🔗 justiceforjanitors.ca/the-union-ad...

Justice for Janitors! 🟪🧹🟨 HRM Council is considering cutting the Living Wage requirement for all HRM contracts, such as janitorial services. This means that HRM Council is considering slashing the pay of janitors and other workers at city-owned sites to balance its budget. 1/3

We voted YES to Unionize at 75 Canterbury Pl. and 5162 Yonge St. in Toronto - that's more Ingerv workers rising stronger, together! 🟪🧹🟨 1/2

May the year of the fire horse bring everyone good health and prosperity and guide all wishes with light. Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧💛

Ramadan Kareem to all who observe this sacred time of fasting, reflection, and community. 🌙🌹

Rest in Power, Rev. Jesse Jackson. 💜

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On behalf of SEIU Local 2 members, we send our deepest condolences to the Tumbler Ridge community in BC. We are thinking about the students, young people, education workers, and loved ones who are mourning, and share in your sadness and disbelief. We are with you in community.

Our communities are letting us know how important bike share services are in their day-to-day lives. Are you a bike share worker or use bike share to commute? Let us know by filling out the survey 🟪🚲🟨 seiulocal2.ca/bike-share-w...

💡In June 2025, we won a historic first union contract with Hamilton Bike Share, a first for Bike Share workers in Canada! 🟪🚲🟨 Here’s what we won: ✅Wage increases of 7.5-12% ✅12 paid wellness days ✅Health benefits covering medication, dental, & more! 🔗https://seiulocal2.ca/bike-share-workers/

According to the @halifaxexaminer.ca, the HRM will end its contract with Imperial Cleaners on February 28, 2026. The decision was made after determining that Imperial Cleaners was not in compliance with the municipality’s Supplier Code of Conduct 1/2

💪🏼⛳️ Our bargaining with Capilano Golf Club ensured that workers shared in Golf’s financial boom. Here’s what we’ve won in our contract renewal: ✅Wage increases and protection ✅Time off improvements ✅$200 allowance for work gear, + more! @bcfed.bsky.social

A new episode of ‘Make It Make Sense’ with Tomee Sojourner Campbell interviews SEIU Healthcare President Tyler Downey on the documentary: ‘Endless Shifts: Stories that Keep Healthcare Alive.’ 🎙️Listen to the conversation here: rss.com/podcasts/mak...