Published: June 23, 2010

Around 500 porters, janitors, handymen, and other building workers came to a tentative agreement Wednesday with the management of the Bronx's Co-Op City. Several weeks ago, the workers went on strike and were locked out by RiverBay Corporation, which oversees the complex, for a week. During this time, garbage didn't get taken out in time. Subsequently, workers went back on the job without a contract. After that, the two organizations' contract talks stalled, and they said they would have to use a federal mediator.

According to Local 32BJ Service Employees International Union, the workers signed a four-year contract designed to keep them on the job. The contract will provide salary adjustments, as well as secure health care for the workers and their families. RiverBay's board and workers must ratify the contract before it takes effect. Full details of the contract have not yet been released.