{"id":736672,"date":"2026-04-18T12:26:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/736672\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:26:36","slug":"nyc-avoids-dreaded-doorman-strike-with-tentative-union-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/736672\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC avoids dreaded doorman strike with tentative union agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

They\u2019re taking the back door.<\/p>\n

The union\u00a0repping\u00a0thousands of doormen, porters and superintendents across the Big Apple announced Friday it\u00a0has\u00a0reached a tentative agreement\u00a0to stave off a strike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 32BJ SEIU union said\u00a0it\u00a0had\u00a0struck a preliminary deal with the\u00a0Realty Advisory Board, the\u00a0group\u00a0that represents\u00a0city building owners, after threatening to walk off the job in a fight over wages and healthcare.<\/p>\n

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The union repping thousands of doormen, porters and superintendents across the Big Apple announced Friday it has reached a tentative agreement to stave off a strike. stefano Giovannini for NY Post<\/p>\n

The 34,000-member strong labor group \u2014\u00a0which was\u00a0set to walk off the job Tuesday in what would have been its first strike since 1991<\/a> \u2014 revealed it scored wins on all its demands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was never any doubt that [the RAB] wanted to do the right thing for the workers and people who take care of the buildings,\u201d\u00a0Manny Pastreich, president of 32BJ SEIU, said at a press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just how we\u2019re going to get there and whether we have the money to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the deal outlined, union employees will see an average $4.50 hourly wage<\/a> increase across four years, with some members getting as much as a $7 per hour hike \u2014\u00a0\u00a0in what Pastrich\u00a0called \u201clife-changing for new hires.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

That means the $62,000 starting rate will jump to $71,000 by the end of the current contract in 2030.<\/p>\n

All union members will also see a 15%\u00a0pension\u00a0boost starting in July, said Pastreich.<\/p>\n

Some doorman will get more than a $7 per hour hike to their wages. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n

The tentative deal will secure healthcare benefits for its members with no premiums for sharing with family members. Additionally, the deal eliminates the proposed two-tier workforce that would have allowed lower wages for new hires.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement is a win-win, win-win,\u201d\u00a0said Howard Rothschild, president of the RAB.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a win for\u00a0employers. It\u2019s a win for the union. And\u00a0most importantly, it\u2019s a win for our employees,\u201d he said, \u201cAnd the last is a win for the residents of this great city.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doormen will get a boost to their pensions. Stefano Giovannini for NY Post<\/p>\n

Rothschild would not say whether the preliminary deal would result in maintenance charge increases<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0residents of the roughly 3,300 buildings served by union doormen, porters, handymen and more.<\/p>\n

But he said the RAB was exploring money-saving avenues to mitigate any excess burdens.<\/p>\n

Union members will begin voting next week on whether to accept the deal, with Pastreich saying the count will be revealed May 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They\u2019re taking the back door. The union\u00a0repping\u00a0thousands of doormen, porters and superintendents across the Big Apple announced Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":736673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,281931,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1607,39749,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-736672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-doormen","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-strikes","tag-unions","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116425706043138894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}