Holy crap, are you kidding me?
A day without doormen might not paralyze this city of apartment and condo dwellers – but beware of New Yorkers who suddenly have to take out their own trash.
Thousands of doormen, porters and concierges are poised to walk off the job Friday if they and their bosses cannot agree on a contract. That has many New Yorkers going into crisis mode and making contingency plans to operate their own elevators, man their own front doors and, yes, cart out their own garbage.
Weeks of negotiations between building owners and the union that represents 28,000 apartment building workers throughout the city have stalled over wages and health care. If a walkout comes, it would affect about 3,000 buildings.
Thousands of union members, who earn an average annual salary of $37,100, rallied on the streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Side on Tuesday. Bearing banners, flags and placards, they protested a proposed pay freeze for the first year of the contract and a proposal that they pay a monthly premium for health insurance.
Oh no! People will have to open their own doors, hail their own taxis, and take their garbage to the compactor on their own? Holy crap.
And not for nothing, but $37,100 to hold a fricking door and they want free healthcare too?
Here’s some very simple advice:
Get.
A.
Real.
Job.
[tags]doormen, strike[/tags]