<b>Manny Pastreich (at mic) and Howard Rothschild (right of mic) surrounded by 32BJ Bargaining Committee the Realty Advisory Board members at New York Hilton Midtown. With only days before the old contract expired on April 20 and a strike loomed, a new contract was reached. </b>
Manny Pastreich (at mic) and Howard Rothschild (right of mic) surrounded by 32BJ Bargaining Committee the Realty Advisory Board members at New York Hilton Midtown. With only days before the old contract expired on April 20 and a strike loomed, a new contract was reached. ( Photo: Genevieve Hartnett)

The agreement means a strike by doormen, supers, porters and other in 3,300 buildings across the city where 1.5 million residents live, has been averted.

Strike Averted: 32BJ Union and Landlords Reach Tentative Four-Year Deal
20 Apr 2026 | 02:20
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After a month of negotiations and a historic union rally on Park Avenue last week that attracted broad-based political support, 32BJ and the Residential Advisory Board of Labor Relations reached a tentative agreement on April 17 covering the 34,000 doorpersons, supers, handypersons, porters, resident...

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