32BJ SEIU Congratulates Andre Sayegh, Paterson’s New Mayor

The following statement is attributable to Kevin Brown, Vice President and New Jersey State Director of 32BJ SEIU:

We congratulate Paterson’s Mayor-elect Andre Sayegh on tonight’s victory. As a progressive Councilman and as a past member of Paterson’s Board of Education, Sayegh opened preschools to make city streets safer and helped homeowners afford to stay in their homes. Mayor-elect Sayegh, a strong supporter of labor, has previously said unions ‘support working families’ and are an important part of Paterson’s history and its future.  We know that he has the best interests of workers in mind. There’s no questions he’s been a tireless advocate for working men and women, and we believe he’ll continue to do so as mayor.

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With 163,000 members in eleven states and Washington, D.C., including over 12,000 in New Jersey, 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country.