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Cleaners, SEIU seek county backing for American Dream Mall janitors amid alleged labor abuses
Summary
Contracted cleaners at the American Dream Mall and SEIU Local 32BJ urged Bergen County commissioners to back a resolution supporting the workers, alleging wage cuts, illegal firings and harassment by contractors.
Janitors contracted to clean the American Dream Mall and representatives of SEIU Local 32BJ urged the Bergen County Board of Commissioners to support a county resolution backing the cleaners, alleging repeated labor-law violations and workplace harassment by contractors at the mall.
Sebastian Ramirez, who identified himself as a cleaner for Excel Facility Group (a subcontractor working at the American Dream Mall), told commissioners, "the labor abuse continues" and described assignments of up to two separate areas totaling about 4,000 square feet for one worker, cut hours, reduced pay and illegal firings. "We are organizing ourselves because we…
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