As contract expires April 20, 32BJ SEIU says 34,000 doormen, porters and supers could walk out, affecting 1.5 million residents
Thirty-four thousand New York City residential building workers represented by 32BJ SEIU voted to authorize a strike as their contract with the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations expires on April 20, 2026. A potential strike could disrupt essential services for about 1.5 million residents, including trash removal, maintenance, and package handling. The union seeks wage increases to keep pace with inflation, stronger pensions, and the preservation of fully employer-paid health care, while talks with building owners continue.
In the same city, more than 140 unionized maintenance workers at New York University say they will strike if current negotiations do not deliver higher pay, increased retirement funds, and employer-paid healthcare. In the United Kingdom, up to 300 DHL logistics workers on Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull contract plan to begin an indefinite strike on May 7 over the absence of a 2026 pay offer, with HGV drivers on related routes also approving action. Separately, Montreal’s blue-collar workers began a three-day strike on April 15, citing concerns that an 11 percent wage increase over five years does not match living costs. Across sectors, pay and healthcare disputes are driving new strike mandates and walkouts.
Parallel wage and benefits disputes across building services, higher education, logistics, and municipal workforces point to broad labor cost pressures in 2026.