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Published: April 18, 2008

Cleaners at three area malls will soon begin earning as much as $8,000 more a year under a new employment contract struck with Control Building Services Inc., which provides cleaning services at the properties, according to the union representing the workers.

Under the terms of the new contract, cleaners at Jefferson Valley Mall in Yorktown Heights, Nanuet Mall and The Westchester in White Plains will begin earning $11 an hour May 1, said SEIU Local 32BJ, the nation's largest union representing workers in service occupations.

The malls are owned by Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc.
For some New York workers, who earn the state's minimum wage - $7.15 an hour, the raise will result in an hourly increase of as much as 54 percent, or $3.85, Local 32BJ said.

The agreement applies to 17 Simon Property Group malls in five Eastern states, the union said.