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2,000 Philly building workers get raises as SEIU 32BJ ratifies ‘historic’ contract with building owners

Despite commercial real estate challenges, building owners reached a new agreement with Philly janitors and building workers, who had said they'd be willing to strike.

32BJ SEIU union members cheered at the announcement of a new contract deal that averted a strike outside Chestnut Street's First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia on Friday.
32BJ SEIU union members cheered at the announcement of a new contract deal that averted a strike outside Chestnut Street's First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia on Friday.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer