SEIU Local 32BJ, New York City's largest janitors' union, announced yesterday that it had won support from 1,100 security guards with Burns Security, its first big victory in its effort to unionize more than 10,000 guards in New York City. The union said it would soon seek to negotiate better wages and benefits for the Burns guards, who work at City University campuses, Yeshiva University, AT&T and Pfizer.
See "Janitors' Union Signs Up 1,100 Security Guards", Steven Greenhouse, The New York Times, December 6, 2005