Yonker‘ Free Pre‘‘ TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2020 - BRIAN HARROD PUBLISHER SEIU 32BJ Endorses Eliot Engel for Re-Election, Cite Yonkers Congressman’s Strong Support for ‘Pro-Worker Agenda’ SEIU 32BJ Endorses Yonkers Congressman For 2020 By TOM WATSON The members of SEIU 32BJ, the largest property services union in the country, have once again announced their support for Congressman Eliot Engel for re-election in New York’s 16th Congressional District. “Our members are focused on can- didates who have proven their com- mitment to fighting for issues that will make our communities stronger and promoting issues that will im- prove the lives of working people in New York, including needed reforms for economic, immigrant, racial and climate justice,” said 32BJ President Kyle Bragg. “Eliot is fighting for a national $15 minimum wage and protections for Dreamers and TPS holders. We strongly support his re- election and look forward to Eliot continuing his vital work in Congress to advance a pro-worker agenda.” “32BJ is one of the most politi- cally active and progressive unions in the country, so their support in this election means everything to me,” said Congressman Engel. “Together, we’ll continue to fight for workers’ rights in New York and around the country. We are always stronger as a society when labor is strong. I’m honored to have their endorsement.” ABOUT SEIU 32BJ SEIU 32BJ represents about 85,000 members in New York, who work as residential porters, door- men and women, window washers, office cleaners, security officers, air- port wheelchair attendants, school janitors and other building service jobs. ABOUT ENGEL Yonkers Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) is seeking re-election in the 16th District of New York, includ- ing the North Bronx and southern Westchester. The son of a union ironworker born in the Bronx and raised in pub- lic housing, Rep. Engel is a major progressive Democratic leader who chairs the Foreign Affairs Commit- tee and has fought for the rights of women, organized labor, immi- grants, our minority communities, and LGBTQ Americans for three decades. Congressman Eliot Engel is the U.S. Representative for New York’s Congressional District 16, district includes the northern Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.