San Francisco Board of Supervisors Passes Resolution in Support of Security Officers' Strike

San Francisco - With private security officers employed by Securitas, ABM, and Universal Protection Services in the second day of their historic strike, Bay Area security officers won another nod of approval from the city's elected leaders when the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution today in support of the workers' decision to call a strike.

The resolution, issued this afternoon by the Board of Supervisors, reiterates the lawmaking body's support for security officers' efforts to improve their jobs and win access to quality, affordable health care and urges the security companies to "end their intimidating and coercive unfair labor practices and...calls upon the building owners and managers to come to the bargaining table with the security companies for a single purpose: to improve industry standards by providing adequate training and increased wages and benefits for private security officers."

Security officers are in Day 2 of the first-ever strike among private security officers in the history of San Francisco. Security officers are striking in protest of their employers' unlawful use of intimidation, harassment, and other unlawful practices during an ongoing labor dispute over industry standards.

"Right now, I have to make ridiculous choices every day-like whether to pay the rent or take my kids to the doctor," said Marcia Duncan, a security officer with ABM and mother of two. "No one should have to live like this."

More than 4,000 San Francisco security officers have been working without a union contract for nearly three months. Despite protecting multi-billion dollar real estate properties throughout the Bay Area owned by economic powerhouses including investment banking giant Morgan Stanley, private security officers earn less than $24,000-fully $5 an hour less than janitors who provide services in the same facilities-and are not offered affordable health insurance.

Although security officers are typically first responders to emergency situations in high-rise office buildings, low wages and lack of access to quality affordable health care are contributing to a turnover rate estimated by industry experts to be as high as 300%. Coupled with inadequate training standards cited by security officers, poor conditions in the private security industry mean a greater threat to public safety and building security.

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