The Gothamist reports a dozen Building Workers employed at a luxury condo tower in the Financial District, where units sell for up to $20 million, say they’re preparing for a rare Strike after months of failed negotiations with the developer-controlled board. Doormen and Porters at the three-year-old 130 William joined the 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in 2023 and began advocating for the Union’s standard contract, which guarantees a higher pay rate, health insurance and contributions to a pension plan at more than 3,000 other residential buildings across the City. “We’re not asking for anything crazy. It’s the base standard that other buildings represented by this Union have,” said Danny Gutierrez, who has worked at the building for the past eight months. “It seems like a no-brainer for them to give us a fair contract.” Gutierrez and his colleagues say they may go on Strike this week if the board and developer Lightstone Real Estate Partners don’t agree to the new contract. It would be an unusual stoppage at a single building organized by the influential 32BJ SEIU Union. There were two such Strikes last year, a Union spokesperson said.

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