{"id":198259,"date":"2026-04-15T16:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198259\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:58:08","slug":"nyc-doormen-porters-supers-set-to-vote-to-go-on-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/198259\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC doormen, porters, supers set to vote to go on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hold your own door.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Big Apple doormen, porters and superintendents are set to vote to strike Wednesday in a move that would \u201cparalyze\u201d the posh lifestyle of millions of New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p>The building service workers are expected to vote in favor of the walkout at a Park Avenue and 79th Street rally as the 32BJ SEIU union fights for wage hikes, better pensions, and for healthcare to continue to be covered at 100%.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39094523\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/crop-39094497.jpg\" alt=\"A doorman in a black coat and white gloves stands outside of Trump Tower.\" class=\"wp-image-39094523\"  \/>The union representing doormen, porters and superintendents are fighting for wage hikes, better pensions, and for healthcare to continue to be covered at 100%. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the residential real estate industry is collecting record high rents, this city is becoming more unaffordable for working people every day. Our members are essential to this industry and to New York City,\u201d Manny Pastreich, president of 32BJ SEIU, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo while the [Realty Advisory Board On Labor Relations] wants to cut costs on the backs of workers, we won\u2019t allow it! We\u2019re ready to fight for the wages and pensions our members need. We\u2019re ready to defend our health care and our union contract. We\u2019re ready to take over Park Avenue to send a clear message: we will strike if we\u2019re forced to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani and other elected officials are expected to appear the rally in support of the some 34,000 workers who would walk off this week as the union contract\u2019s April 20 expiration looms.<\/p>\n<p>A strike by the union would affect roughly 3,300 residential buildings and the 1.5 million residents who rely on the workers who facilitate package delivery, clean communal spaces, fix their ACs and more.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hold your own door. Thousands of Big Apple doormen, porters and superintendents are set to vote to strike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[68859,57,9,56,63,65,64,23289,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-198259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-doormen","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-ny","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-nyc-headlines","14":"tag-nyc-news","15":"tag-strikes","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}