New York City apartment building workers authorize a possible strike as contract talks stall

It's already been averted as of 3pm today. Deal was reached.

I’m really impressed that these workers have found a way to unionize.  I would never have guessed that would even be possible with how many different companies must be paying them.   Good for them, hope they get what they deserve to be paid.

>A strike would be the first in 35 years and would affect 1.5 million renters, co-op owners and condo dwellers across the city, according to the workers’ union, called 32BJ SEIU. Residents could have to take on such tasks as staffing doors, sorting packages, mopping hallways, sweeping sidewalks and hauling trash to the curb. I kind of want to watch rich people mop hallways and haul trash to the curb.

I live in a doorman building in NYC. If they go on strike, it will obviously be a terrible nuisance and inconvenience for me. If they do go on strike to get the money and healthcare they need, that's them doing what they need to do. So if they have to strike, they should strike. Capitalism cuts both ways. I'm much happier knowing the folks that work to maintain my building are getting the income and dignity they deserve.

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Agreement has been reached and there will be no strike. Four year contract is in the works. This happens every time these agreements end. The union and RAB take it to the final days for as much leverage as possible.

I hope the deal goes through. Our doormen say that our building voted to resolve the dispute, but the guys would still be obligated to join a called strike, which would absolutely suck for people who have full-time jobs and child care to worry about. Not every doorman building is a “luxury property” full of rich people. It’s a lot of middle class folks here in my co-op building in Queens.

Hmm, but I was assured by the economics understanders that it is the Lords of the Land who create and maintain housing, not those credit stealing laborers. Just look at our illustrious landlord-in-chief, he has clearly created many buildings with his own hands and definitely knows what a screwdriver is. If the buildings start to decay without labor maintaining them, than it simply means those buildings don't understand basic economics, much like how our ignorant planet believes in climate change despite infinite growth making perfect economic sense. Could you imagine seriously believing that sort of c***? Bet you'll hear some new excuses that exonerate the owners and condemn the workers anyway. Best of luck to the workers. >Building owners, represented by an umbrella group called the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, say they are facing financial pressures themselves. They want the workers to start paying health insurance premiums and want new hires to come in under a new job classification that the union says would be lower-paying. >The Realty Advisory Board says building owners also face rising expenses — and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push to freeze rent on the city’s roughly 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Mamdani, a Democrat, joined the building workers’ rally Wednesday, saluting “those who maintain And there it is. These people are the raising prices, demanding ever more rent than acting surprised when people need more money to live, and so now they're going to throw a temper tantrum and try to scapegoat the guy who says they should back off some. And despite how transparent and obvious it is, I have no doubt that some boot connoisseurs will eat it up hook line and sinker.

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