(NEW YORK CITY) - Broadway Cleaners, represented by 32BJ Service Employees International Union (SEIU), have reached a tentative contract agreement with theater owners. Members across more than 30 venues voted in late June to authorize a potential work stoppage if the Broadway League refused to settle a fair contract. Highlights of the agreement include a $5-an-hour wage increase, a 21% increase from the current rates by the end of the new four-year contract, as well as improved paid leave, and protection for its employer-paid family health care. Martha Aristizabal, a Porter at the Ambassador Theatre, said: “We risked our lives during COVID to make sure Broadway could safely reopen. We work long nights and weekends, often missing major milestones with family and loved ones, to do the hard work it takes to put on each and every performance. This victory honors all that we’ve put in over the years. By winning wage and pension increases, improving paid leave, and protecting our health care, we can dedicate more to taking care of ourselves and enjoying time with the people we care about.”

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