Overview
- The bargaining committee of 32BJ SEIU and Broadway theater owners reached a tentative four-year agreement Wednesday that temporarily averts an authorized strike.
- The deal guarantees $5-per-hour raises by the contract’s end, equal to roughly a 21 percent pay increase over the term.
- The contract includes substantial pension improvements, expanded paid leave, protection of employer-paid family health coverage, Juneteenth as a paid holiday and stronger anti-discrimination safeguards.
- The agreement covers about 250 cleaners working at roughly 30 Main Stem Broadway theaters and must be approved by a membership ratification vote before taking effect.
- Cleaners used a recent strike-authorization vote and public rallies to increase bargaining leverage, a tactic that organizers and union leaders credit with securing the concessions now on offer.