Justice for Janitors
NYC Office Cleaners Win Contract With Significant Wage Hikes, Pension Improvements
Members of SEIU Local 32BJ on Dec. 29th announced a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract covering 26,000 cleaners of 1,500 New York City buildings that provides more than 16 percent in pay increases over the life of the contract, improves the pension benefit for the first time in four years, and maintains fully employer-paid family health care coverage.
The average wage for cleaners will go from $19.50 to $22.65 per hour by the beginning of the fourth year of the contract. Further, the contract improves members' pension benefits by raising the employers' annual contribution by more than 40 percent over the life of the agreement. News release »
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