Doorman Strike and Moving?
Would you be willing to entertain my question about how my wife and I can move in to the new apartment we are renting from the owner in a co-op building during the potential doorman strike? I can’t be the only person experiencing this…and we are actually trying to move into the building to save…
Would you be willing to entertain my question about how my wife and I can move in to the new apartment we are renting from the owner in a co-op building during the potential doorman strike? I can’t be the only person experiencing this…and we are actually trying to move into the building to save money.
So far, everyone – building management, the RABOLOR (http://www.rabolr.com), the CNYC (http://www.cnyc.com) has said I have to hold off on my move. But this is my personal property, so how is that possible? Do the regular “house rules” apply without the doorman? What legal precedence exists? If I end up without either place who would be responsible to pay for the in-between housing, storage costs, work time lost, etc…I unfortunately don’t know anyone on the board whom I can pose this question to. thank yo for any advice you can provide. By the way I’m in a performers union but I don’t want to be on the street.
Sincerely,
Paul
I don’t think the individual employees have a choice as to whether to strike or not. If a building wants cooperative workers at their doors and cleaning halls, emptying garbage, etc., they should be fair about what they pay. I’m going to the Union right now to teach a class. If I rember, I’ll ket you know what my students have to say.
OP, did the bldg. mgmt. explicitly ask that you delay your move? If so, you should probably obey their wishes. There’s nothing preventing you from renting a storage palce short term and moving in with a bunch of “luggage” so that you have a place (that you’re already assumably paying for) to sleep.
Emergency for the residents. The NY Times article yesterday, with door-opening instructions, may not have been entirely in jest 🙂
emergency? Union entitlement when their contract is up counts as an emergency? Should be able to just replace them all with workers willing to work under the existing agreed contract. Unions alway want more when their contract is up regardless of the position of the company.
I’m more inclined to write of the entitlement of the OP who can’t comprehend that they might actually be inconvenienced by a potential emergency (which, fortunately, didn’t come to pass).
oh yes! i totally forgot about the christmas tips!! good point.. i read somewhere that some of them in the larger buildings in manhattan pull in more xmas tip money during the holiday season than tons of people make all year!!
*rob*
Mike Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ, said the final details of the contract were worked out in the last half hour of the talks. “We fought hard and won wage increases in a very tough economy, and maintained fully employer-paid family health care for thousands of hard-working people in one of the most expensive cities in the world,†Mr. Fishman said.
Seems Unions are the only people making out in this economy and with the current administration. State and Federal.
Teachers
Transit
Auto Workers
reminds me of something…
They also get a lot of money in Christmas tips that goes unreported.
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The entitlement of union employees is truly ridiculous. Everyobeis paying more in healthcare and everyone is making less money or at least no pay raises.
true true.. i fall into that category or paying more for healthcare, making less money, and no pay raise.. however i dont begrudge people for trying to make a decent living wage. im not sure why you think that people who arent millionaires deserve to live 25 people to an apartment out in queens. and personally i dont think they even make THAT much considering the types of people some of them have to deal with. and im not saying everyone who lives in a doorman is tough to deal with, but there are a few snobby apples out there who i could see turning a happy day into a sour one.
*rob*
Bring cash and you’ll be fine. Pretend you’re a New Yorker.