In a long and stressful negotiation with the school district of Philadelphia with potentially catastrophic circumstances in the balance, SEIU 32 BJ District 1201 union leaders, George Ricchezza, Dennis Biondo and Co. representing the school district’s blue collar school employees fought off attempts by the school district to privatize their industry and negotiated a multi-year contract with the school district of Philadelphia that literally saved the union itself and jobs and the livelihoods of over 2700 of employees in an unprecedented display of courage, commitment and strength on behalf of their union’s membership.