NYC Office Cleaners Win New 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.