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Article: RAB urges members to remain united amidst strike threat.
- Article from:
- Real Estate Weekly
- Article date:
- April 5, 2006
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With the contract covering Local 32BJ employees who work in apartment buildings set to expire at midnight on April 20, the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations is urging owners and managing agents to prepare for the possibility of a strike.
While there has not been a residential strike since 1991, the union has voted to authorize one, and there are still serious issues of disagreement on the table, so the possibility remains that a strike could happen, the RAB said. The 1991 strike lasted 12 days. Adequate preparation by buildings got them successfully through the work stoppage and was a major factor in coming to a successful agreement with the union.