Jimena Rojas
Better Training
Combined with better wages and benefits, comprehensive training programs can further reduce turnover and develop the skills of high-performing security professionals. Rigorous…
Reducing Turnover Through the Union Solution
When officers form a union, they have the ability to solve workplace problems, which increases morale and decreases turnover. Security officers work…
How to Ensure Responsible Security Contracting
Government officials increasingly rely on private security companies to police public facilities. But in the absence of national mechanisms of accountability, who…
Citrix: Don’t Put our Dreams on Hold!
Just days after security officers won major improvements on the job from Apple, service workers and their allies marched through the heart…
Silicon Valley Security Officers Win Big with Apple
The security officers leading the charge to provide opportunity for diverse service workers in Silicon Valley just scored a major victory. Apple…
Trending: Service Workers Rising Up in Silicon Valley
Security officers were catapulted onto the national stage this week with big-time mentions in everything from a radio story about working class…
Pittsburgh Security Officers ‘Flocking’ to Form Union, Improve Emergency Training
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted the rapid pace that Pittsburgh security officers are forming a new, market-wide union with SEIU 32BJ. Pittsburgh security…
Seattle Security Officers Part of National Debate on Paid Sick Leave
Tracison Casarrubias, who protects Amazon headquarters for Security Industry Specialists (SIS), was featured in a national broadcast on President Obama’s paid sick…
Silicon Valley Service Workers ‘Storm’ Apple for Good Jobs
The Bay Area’s storm of the century closed school districts across the region, but it couldn’t stop security officers from marching with…
Jesse Jackson Says Amazon Lacks Opportunity for Security Officers and Workers of Color
Amazon has two major office developments in the pipeline, which could more than double its Seattle workforce. But it still has a…
A Security Firm Lacks Respect for Those Who Put Themselves in Harm’s Way
When Frank Lacy lost his job in commercial real estate, he turned to what he knew second best after serving 8 years…
Standing Together to Secure Better Jobs for Veterans
Asked about the quality of security work in Oakland, U.S. Navy veteran John Robinson will tell you that security officers have come…
Veterans deserve a living, not just a job.
I come from four generations of U.S. military service. When my family was evacuated from a war zone shortly after my birth,…
Seattle Community Working to Make $15 a Reality
Former SIS security officer Daivon Young is featured in the National Employment Law Project (NELP)’s new report designed to help Seattle’s leadership…
Silicon Valley Shake-up: Google Drops SIS
Google’s decision to drop irresponsible security contractor Security Industry Specialists and instead provide quality, full-time work for its security officers, comes after…
Protestors at Apple Stores Expose “Invisible Workforce” Behind iPhone 6
With debuting the iPhone 6 in retail stores across the country, security officers and their supporters educated customers at Apple Stores in…
Silicon Valley’s REAL diversity problem
Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, alright. But it’s not what you think. After months of watching high-tech companies disclose their employees’…
In Support of Silicon Valley Security Officers, Workers, Community Leaders Arrested at Apple Flagship Store
California janitor Maria Granados took a stand for security officers August 28 when she was arrested during a rally at Apple’s flagship…
Suspended
I was suspended from my job on Monday. As a security officer for Security Industry Specialists (SIS), I protect Amazon headquarters in…
We All Pick up Apple Products. Time for Apple to Pick up its Community.
Apple launched its latest line of consumer products this summer–including those with technologies like GPS and touchscreens that were developed with tax…
Jeff Bezos, protect the SIS security officers who protect Amazon
(CC) 2005 James Duncan Davidson The Seattle Human Rights Commission sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on June 4 asking…
Something we can all agree on!
When was the last time an entire body of elected officials agreed on anything? Seattle City Council may be setting the gold…
Seattle Council Members Tell Amazon CEO to Investigate Accusations, Treat Contract Employees Fairly, and Strengthen Seattle’s Economy
Press Contact: Greg Ramirez (206) 850-0539 gramirez@seiu6.org Seattle Council Members Tell Amazon CEO to Investigate Accusations, Treat Contract Employees Fairly, and Strengthen…
“Sick Daughter” Shouldn’t Be the Reason Anyone Loses a Job
I lost the opportunity to do work I loved, and to support my three-year-old daughter, Ari, when Security Industry Specialists (SIS) fired…
Darth Vader to Google: “Don’t Be Evil. Be a Force for Good.”
Just like Darth Vader had to choose between the dark side and doing good, security officer Charles Wilson says that Google is…
Unlikely Pen Pals: The Seattle Human Rights Commission and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos
The members of the City of Seattle’s Human Rights Commission (SHRC) weren’t exactly palling around when they sent their first letter to…
Amazon Security Officers Call on Tech Giant to Deliver on Promises
Security officers who protect the downtown Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com attended the company’s annual shareholder meeting to call on Amazon to hold…
What’s Missing from Apple?
Members of SEIU United Service Workers West joined union workers from Central Labor Councils across California to deliver a message to Apple…
Baltimore Security Officers Stand with President Obama – Literally!
Security Officers who work for Brantley Security in Baltimore have been fighting for higher wages, affordable healthcare, and respect on the job….
New Jersey Security Officers are the Newest Champions in the Battle for Good Jobs
Historic First-Ever Union Contract Improves over a Thousand Jobs for Underpaid Workers and their Families At a time when the national movement…
Silicon Valley Income Inequality–A Serious Question that Requires Serious Answers from Tech Companies
The San Francisco Bay Area’s KCBS radio ran a story last week contrasting Silicon Valley’s “unimaginable riches” with its “heartbreaking poverty.” “Half…
Seattle’s Daivon Young Goes to Hollywood in Search–not of Fame–But of a Union for Security Officers at Amazon
Security officer Daivon Young is heading to Hollywood. But he’s not looking for fame. He’s looking to rebuild Seattle’s middle class by…
Vets Weigh In on Economic Inequality in U.S.
Many consider the New York Stock Exchange’s surpassing of the 16,000 mark an indication that the economic recovery in the United States…
UNDERPAID HEROES: What What Kind of Jobs are Veterans Coming Home To?
Throughout much of the last century–whether from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, or peacetime duty–America’s veterans returned to…
What Kind of Jobs Are Today’s Veterans Coming Home To?
As America thanks those who have worn our country’s uniform this Veterans Day, the Service Employees International Union’s Stand for Security–the nation’s…
Mission Accomplished: Security Officer Veterans Say Goodbye to ASIS 2013
After three days of urging security industry clients to choose responsible contractors who back good jobs for America’s veterans, a small brigade…
U.S. Marine Warren Reed at ASIS 2013 in Chicago: “A good job is the very least we can do for veterans in the security industry.”
Los Angeles security officer Warren Reed takes every chance he can to help other people. That’s why this week the former Marine…
Philadelphia Security Officer Kevin Upshaw at ASIS 2013 in Chicago: “There should be good jobs for vets because of what they’ve gone through for our country.”
Philadelphia security officer Kevin Upshaw–a member of 32BJ-SEIU–is in Chicago this week urging attendees of ASIS 2013 to support good jobs for…
Security Officers Seeking to Reduce Income Inequality Praise Tech Company’s Decision to Choose Socially Responsible Contractor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–Encouraged by tech company Yelp’s decision to drop security firm Security Industry Specialists (SIS) in favor of a more socially…
Universal Protection Service Dumped From Contract Worth Up To $15 Million
Universal Protection Service recently lost its multi-million dollar security contract with the San Diego County Department of General Services after its first…
5,000 Bay Area Security Officers Win Major Job Improvements, Raise Industry Standards
San Francisco–In a major victory for 5,000 security officers united in SEIU-USWW, workers Thursday night won a tentative agreement on a new…
Nine Arrested in Support of 7,000 Bay Area and LA Security Officers Seeking Strong Middle Class
Negotiations Resume But Targeted Walkout Still Possible San Francisco, CA – Nine people were arrested earlier today while supporting 7,000 Bay Area…
Protest Planned for Google Shareholder Meeting June 6
Dozens of activists will protest outside a shareholder meeting to call on Google to join the fight against income inequality by using…
Seven Arrested in Bay Area Security Officers’ Protest over Income Inequality
San Francisco–In the heart of San Francisco’s wealthy financial district, seven people were arrested yesterday while blocking traffic at the intersection of…
Silicon Valley community speaks out against poverty in the midst of plenty
On Wednesday April 17, local security officers joined together with elected leaders, academics and members of the community to discuss the problem…
Officers make headlines with call to say no to bad apples
As Apple Inc investors met for the company’s February 27 annual meeting, Security officers from Silicon Valley gathered to demand their right…
Twin Cities Security Officers Reach Tentative Agreement to Strengthen Middle Class
With their first union contract, suburban security officers grow Local 26 by 1,000 members Minneapolis, MN – Twin Cities security officers are…
Security Industry Specialists: Another Bad Apple Contractor, But Right Here at Home
Apple Inc. has come under heavy criticism recently for inhumane working conditions suffered by subcontracted employees, especially those at Apple supplier Foxconn…
Minnesota Security Officer Paul Keith: “My Wife Would Be a Great Mom–If We Could Afford It”
Ask Minnesota security officer Paul Keith what’s going on and he’ll tell you. “The rich want to take this country back to…
Minnesota Security Officer and Army Veteran Robert Bertrand: “We’re Fighting for a Way of Life”
Few people have felt the impact of America’s shrinking middle class like Minnesota security officer Robert Bertrand. “I went from making $80,000…