BRONX RESIDENTIAL WORKERS WIN $200 MILLION
CONTRACT WITH RECORD WAGE HIKES

– Borough-Wide Strike Averted At Last Minute –

32BJ Bronx members stood together - and stood strong - and it paid off!  Members were just about to hit the picket lines, when agreement was reached on a new three-year, $200 million contract with the Bronx Real Estate Advisory Board (BRAB).

The tentative agreement provides fifty cents an hour wage increase in each of the next three years and, for the first time, establishes a minimum wage rate for workers at buildings of 60 units or less. In addition, the agreement maintains employer paid family health care, improves pension benefits and significantly enhances training opportunities for Bronx workers.

“Thousands of Bronx families will benefit from this new three year contract, which provides much-needed wage increases in each year of the contract,” said 32BJ Vice President Kyle Bragg.  “With the Bronx booming, we want to ensure workers can support their families and save for their futures.”