On Friday night, SEIU Local 32BJ announced a tentative agreement with the Realty Advisory Board on a four-year contract covering more than 22,000 New York City office cleaners that provides a nearly 5.6% wage increase over the life of the contract and bonuses totaling $1,100.00. The agreement, which must still be ratified, maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage.
"The new contract is not just an important victory for office cleaners and their families, but for our economy and our city," said Hector Figueroa, Secretary-Treasurer of 32BJ. "In these tough times the workers who keep New York City's corporate offices and landmark buildings clean and well maintained have stood up for the good middle class jobs our economy and our city needs."
New York City office building workers clean and maintain major buildings and locations including the Rockefeller Center, the MetLife Building, the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, Grand Central Station, Port Authority, and the Time Warner Center.
Janitors across the country had been standing in support of the New York City office cleaners and building service workers, who were prepared to strike if a deal wasn't reached by the end of the year.
Read more about the tentative NYC agreement and the other new, multiyear contracts 32BJ has reached for more than 50,000 workers from Hartford, CT to Northern Virginia at: www.standwithbuildingworkers.org.
Previously:
Janitors Across The Country Pledge to Support NYC Office Cleaners As Strike Deadline Looms
