Cleaners working at 17 malls, including the four on Long Island owned by Simon Property Group, will soon get wage hikes of up to 43 percent, thanks to an agreement reached with Simon, Local 32BJ and Control Building Services.
Long Island cleaners working at the Roosevelt Field Mall in Garden City, the Source Mall in Westbury, the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington and the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove are covered under the new contract.
Cleaners will begin earning a minimum of $10.15 an hour on July 1, and will reach a minimum of $11.35 by the end of the four-year agreement.