{"id":200956,"date":"2026-04-17T17:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200956\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T17:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:38:12","slug":"new-york-city-doormen-are-poised-to-go-on-strike-for-the-first-time-in-35-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200956\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Doormen Are Poised to Go on Strike for the First Time in 35 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Come Monday, thousands of New York City doormen, superintendents, and other apartment building workers could be on strike. Their union, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, voted to strike<\/a> if a deal is not reached with building owners.<\/p>\n

Per the New York Times<\/a>, \u201cThe workers are demanding pay increases that would keep up with the rising cost of living in the city. Their union would not disclose the size of the raises it is seeking because it has not begun bargaining on pay matters. But the union says that the owners of the buildings want to pay new employees less and to shift some health care costs onto all the workers.\u201d The paper added, \u201cSeveral more bargaining sessions are scheduled before the workers\u2019 contract expires on Monday night, but the two sides said that they were far from agreement on critical issues, including pay.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani attended a rally and expressed his support for the roughly 34,000 residential building workers and their union. \u201cNew York City is a union town,\u201d he declared. Other politicians at the rally included U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul, and Upper West Side Councilmember Shaun Abreu.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the 21st, there will be a strike if there\u2019s no contract,\u201d 32BJ-SEIU president Kyle Bragg told The City<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cWe remain optimistic that the negotiations are progressing, but there\u2019s a long way for us to go before we get an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time the building workers went on strike was in 1991, and it lasted 12 days.<\/p>\n

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