Unions testify during City Council civil service and labor hearing for improved workers’ rights

By Isabel Song Beer

Posted on February 24, 2022

Climate Jobs NY (CJNY) Executive Director Jeff Vockrodt and 32BJ (the union representing after school cleaners and handypersons) union member and NYC public school cleaner Angel Ocasio and testified on the urgent need for school infrastructure investments during a New York City Council hearing on Civil Service and Labor.

The hearing, which took place Feb. 23, addressed the dire need many educators have been facing with a lack of safety or updated infrastructure within their classrooms that can lead to injury or even an increase in COVID and viral transmittance.