Statement from Team Clean, Inc. Regarding Possible Strike by 32BJ Service Employees International Union in Philadelphia School District
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – April 22, 2010 – Team Clean, Inc. has been in negotiations since January 20, 2010 with 32BJ Service Employees International Union regarding our Team Clean employees at 22 schools in the Philadelphia School District, but no new negotiations are scheduled at this time.
We want to perpetuate job growth in our hometown, the City of Philadelphia, and we have a long history of providing a competitive wage and benefits package to our employees. Our Team Clean employees in the 22 Philadelphia School District schools are paid well-above minimum wage, in fact they average between $12-to-$13 per hour including health care benefits paid for by Team Clean and provided by the Union’s Health Care Fund.
There have been no incidents of intimidation or threats against our Team Clean employees by our company. We have always had open relationships between management and employees. Donna Allie, Team Clean’s founder, cares a great deal for her business and her team which she has worked hard to build over the past two decades, and has personally visited the 22 schools to meet directly with her employees.
While we genuinely hope that our employees will not resort to a work stoppage because of the possible impact on them and their families, Team Clean is fully prepared to keep operating and fulfill our agreement with the Philadelphia School District by fully staffing all 22 schools in the event of a strike.
We therefore hope and expect that through the negotiation process a mutually beneficial labor agreement can be soon reached with Local 32BJ.
Media Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo on behalf of Team Clean
Telephone: 215-564-1122
E-mail: jim@jhdenterprises.com
We want to perpetuate job growth in our hometown, the City of Philadelphia, and we have a long history of providing a competitive wage and benefits package to our employees. Our Team Clean employees in the 22 Philadelphia School District schools are paid well-above minimum wage, in fact they average between $12-to-$13 per hour including health care benefits paid for by Team Clean and provided by the Union’s Health Care Fund.
There have been no incidents of intimidation or threats against our Team Clean employees by our company. We have always had open relationships between management and employees. Donna Allie, Team Clean’s founder, cares a great deal for her business and her team which she has worked hard to build over the past two decades, and has personally visited the 22 schools to meet directly with her employees.
While we genuinely hope that our employees will not resort to a work stoppage because of the possible impact on them and their families, Team Clean is fully prepared to keep operating and fulfill our agreement with the Philadelphia School District by fully staffing all 22 schools in the event of a strike.
We therefore hope and expect that through the negotiation process a mutually beneficial labor agreement can be soon reached with Local 32BJ.
Media Contact:
Jim DeLorenzo on behalf of Team Clean
Telephone: 215-564-1122
E-mail: jim@jhdenterprises.com