Overview
- 32BJ SEIU and the Realty Advisory Board announced a tentative four-year contract Friday, heading off a walkout that could have begun after the contract expires Monday night.
- The pact includes a $4.50 hourly raise phased in over four years, keeps employer-paid family health coverage, and boosts pensions by 15% starting in July, according to union leaders.
- The union will mail ballots next week for member ratification, and leaders expect counting to finish by late May, when the deal could take effect if approved.
- Building owners had pressed for workers to pay part of health premiums and for a lower-paid tier for new hires, proposals the union opposed and negotiators left out of the agreement.
- The contract covers roughly 34,000 doormen, porters, supers and other staff in more than 3,000 buildings that serve about 1.5 million residents, averting disruptions like volunteer door shifts, delivery limits and trash backups seen in past strikes.