32BJ SEIU (“32BJ”), founded in 1977, is the nation’s largest union of property service workers, with over 150,000 members in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Florida, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.3
The union had a reported membership of 154,529 as of the end of 2017.
Issue Positions
32BJ introduced its Green Supers program, which was intended to train its resident managers on environmentalist-supported operation procedures. 32BJ’s Shortman Training Fund was granted nearly $3 million by the U.S. Department of Labor as part of President Obama’s stimulus initiative, earning the endorsement of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I, now D).3 32BJ’s president at the time, Mike Fishman, noted “[m]aking the Big Apple green starts with recognizing the vital role of building service workers.”3
In 2017, 32BJ demanded higher wages for New Jersey airport workers. However, the organization took the position of not only demanding a wage level of $17.98 per hour, even higher than the $15 demanded by SEIU’s national “Fight for $15” campaign.13 The 2016 total revenue was above the 2015 amount of $98,002,182.14 The expenditures of 32BJ similarly increased from the previous year’s total of $101,792,654.15
Membership dues accounted for $97,267,298 of total revenue.16 Miscellaneous revenue included almost one million dollars in litigation judgments.17 Salaries, other compensation, and employee benefits accounted for $56,084,103 of the expenditures, or well over half of the organization’s expenses.18 32BJ showed a fund balance of $17,010,331, an increase of almost $160,000 from the previous year.19
The listing of Compensation of Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, Highest Compensated Employees, and Independent Contractors includes 39 individuals earning at least six-figure reportable compensation, which often comes on top of reportable compensation from related organizations. Included in the list are the following individuals:20
32BJ SEIU Leadership
| Name | Reportable Compensation | Estimated Amount of Other Compensation | Total Compensation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Hector Figueroa | $224,116 | $64,832 | $288,948 |
| Executive Vice President | Larry Engelstein | $200,206 | $56,216 | $256,422 |
| Secretary Treasurer | Kyle Bragg | $207,123 | $61,185 | $268,308 |
| Chief of Staff | Laura Caruso | $176,273 | $52,070 | $228,343 |
| Vice President | Shirley Aldebol | $144,637 | $49,177 | $193,814 |
| Vice President | Kevin Brown | $146,688 | $49,177 | $195,865 |
| Vice President | James Contreras | $147,796 | $43,834 | $191,630 |
| Vice President | Robert Hill | $170,736 | $53,253 | $223,989 |
| Vice President | Denis Johnston | $143,388 | $49,177 | $192,565 |
| Vice President | Gabriel Morgan | $172,230 | $4,2518 | $214,748 |
| Vice President | Roxana Rivera | $135,041 | $37,745 | $172,786 |
| Vice President | John Santos | $146,531 | $49,177 | $195,708 |
| Deputy General Counsel | Brent Garren | $181,008 | $52,032 | $233,040 |
| Associate General Counsel | Katchen Locke | $156,940 | $47,820 | $204,760 |
| Assistant General Counsel | Andrew Strom | $156,494 | $47,915 | $204,409 |
| Deputy Director for Bargaining | Elizabeth Baker | $155,284 | $47,890 | $203,174 |
| Associate General Counsel | Jessica Ochs | $154,272 | $47,385 | $201,657 |
Leadership
President and Top Officials
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