StrikeRadarOPERATIONS-CRITICAL STRIKE INTELLIGENCE32BJ SEIU and Realty Advisory Board announce tentative four-year pact covering 34,000 staff, preserving health benefits and boosting wages and pensions
New York City’s 32BJ SEIU and the Realty Advisory Board reached a tentative four-year agreement that averts a strike by about 34,000 residential building workers. The deal, announced April 17, preserves employer-paid health benefits with no premium sharing, raises hourly pay by a total of $4.50 over the contract, and increases pensions by 15 percent; the RAB said average annual pay will reach $71,000 by the end of the term. The agreement came days before the existing contract’s midnight expiration on Monday, April 20, 2026, after the union authorized a strike; a walkout would have been the first in 35 years and could have affected services for an estimated 1.5 million residents.
In the city’s care sector, home care workers began a hunger strike on April 16 to protest 24-hour shifts, rallying outside City Hall. Earlier in the week, more than 10,000 32BJ members rallied on Park Avenue to authorize a strike ahead of talks with the RAB. Separately, Vestis Laundry workers represented by UFCW 3000 voted 100% to authorize a strike after rejecting a contract. Taken together, these actions span building services, home care, and laundry, with workers citing wages, benefits, and scheduling.
Multiple New York City labor developments this week, alongside a separate laundry-sector strike authorization, all focus on compensation, benefits, and hours—key pressure points across U.S. service work.
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PlannedVestis Laundry Workers Reject Contract, Approve Strike! After two days of voting, 100% of Vestis workers voted to authorize a strike.
Settled32BJ SEIU, the union representing thousands of building workers, announced a tentative agreement with the Realty Advisory Board to avert a strike.
Planned... workers have reached a tentative contract agreement with building owners. ... workers Wednesday at a huge rally where they authorized a potential strike ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Union leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers said Friday ...
SettledUnion leaders representing thousands of New York City apartment house doorpersons, superintendents and other workers have reached a tentative ...
PlannedDetails of the agreement were not immediately available. Representatives for both sides are scheduled to brief the press later Friday. Workers said ...
OngoingThe battle over 24-hour shifts has pitted the mostly immigrant women working in the home care industry against vulnerable patients.
PlannedOn Wednesday, more than 10000 32BJ SEIU members rallied on Park Ave and voted to authorize a strike that would paralyze the homes of 1.5 million ...
SettledThe Newspaper Guild joined the Teamsters in a rancorous strike at the paper nearly three years ago. A majority of editorial employees resigned ...
SettledNegotiations to avoid a residential building worker strike in New York City are at a standstill, the president of the union representing thousands ...
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OngoingOlin has only met with a local union's negotiating committee twice since the workers' strike began April 4 at ...
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PlannedOn May 1st 2026, workers across the country are committing to no work, no school, and no shopping—a day of general strike to fight back against ...
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PlannedMore than 10,000 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Members rallied earlier this week on Park Avenue and voted to authorize a ...
OngoingOn Wednesday morning, service workers at Berlin's public hospitals — known as the Vivantes network — launched an indefinite strike. These aren't the ...
Planned... workers across hotels, airports and sports arenas in Los Angeles ... Union co-president Kurt Petersen described the prospect of a strike as ...
OngoingThis comes after workers blocked traffic near the Olympic Stadium for nearly six hours on Thursday. This is the second strike by blue-collar workers ...
OngoingApproximately 900 Zim employees covered by a collective agreement have been on strike since Thursday afternoon. The strike follows disputes that ...
OngoingThe workers union says the university system continues to engage in bad-faith bargaining. UC says it's made generous offers.
Planned... workers' strike in 65 US cities. 20 Nov 2025. US Starbucks workers prepare to strike if contract is not finalized by next week. 5 Nov 2025. Starbucks ...
PlannedAround a dozen maintenance workers at NYU held a “mock strike” on Thursday, preparing to withhold labor if their next contract does not meet ...
Today, Pat Kiernan and Jamie Stelter discuss who's involved in the potential New York City building workers strike.