By Zachary Smith
New York City-area movers packed up the inflatable rats—all three of
them—and declared victory in late August. For two months, while members
of Teamsters Local 814 were locked out of their jobs, they had mobilized
in the streets to protest a local company’s decision to drop its
unionized movers and warehouse workers.
Forty Teamsters could have lost good union jobs with benefits this
summer. But per the agreement members ratified August 30, while the
company, Waldner’s Business Environments, will no longer directly employ
moving workers, it committed in writing to use subcontractors that pay
fair wages and benefits and employ Local 814 members, with fines imposed
for not adhering to the terms.
Former Waldner’s employees will still
have access to the same pension and health care plans and will receive a
severance package, which for some will total 30 weeks' pay.
Long Island-based Waldner’s, an office furniture dealer, had employed
union movers for more than half a century. Workers deliver office
furniture for large public and private clients including the City and
State Universities of New York, Columbia University, Macy’s, and the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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