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New contract for local New York City union workers includes health care coverage

Published in Managed Care Weekly Digest, November 1st, 2004

New York City's Local 32BJ Bargaining Committee has announced a tentative agreement on a contract for more than 26,000 commercial building workers. The contract maintains fully paid employer health coverage, a secure pension, and provides a 5% pay increase over the 3-year life of the contract.

Under the terms of the contract, employers will provide an additional $475 million in healthcare coverage - a 64% increase from the previous contract. According to SEIU, this contract is also significant because any agreement on healthcare automatically applies to Local 32BJ's 28,000 residential building service workers.

"At a time when the national health care...

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