NEW YORK CITY \u2014 More than 34,000 doormen and residential workers in New York City have called off a pending strike after reaching a tentative agreement with a major landlord group on Friday, the union said. <\/p>\n
The union, 32BJ SEIU, was threatening to strike after the current contract with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations expired at midnight on April 20, but now that a tentative agreement has been reached, a strike is off the table.<\/p>\n
“It’s an incredibly good deal for both sides, it’s a win-win,” Manny Pastreich, 32BJ SEIU president, said at a press conference<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n Union members \u2014 including door attendants, porters and building supers \u2014 pushed for higher wages, improved pensions and protections for healthcare benefits. <\/p>\n According to Howard Rothschild, the president of the Realty Advisory Board, door attendants will receive raises that amount to a roughly $9,000 increase over the next four years. <\/p>\n Pastreich said that the negotiations also secured fully employer-funded health care and improved pensions by 15 percent.<\/p>\n