New Yorkers Brace for Doorman Strike

NY TImes ^ | April 18, 2010 | A.G. Sulzberger

[10Ring]

It has been nearly two decades since New Yorkers faced their last doorman strike, but as the deadline for a new contract for building workers approached, the questions being posed throughout the city remained largely unchanged on Sunday.

Who will safeguard my apartment as I sleep? Greet my children when they come home from school? Accept deliveries? Clean the hallways? Sort the mail? Operate the elevator? And who, for goodness sake, will let the cleaning lady in?

[10Ring]

Though many residents on Sunday said they believed that a deal would be reached before the deadline, little progress was made during contract negotiations over the weekend, said Matt Nerzig, chief spokesman for Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union.

You don't say!

[Travis McGee]

Is this a parody?

[freedumb2003]

What, you can’t enter a building without a doorman?

What happens when the elevator operators go on strike?

You can only be held hostage by those you give power to.

[driftdiver]

gee I bet there are some unemployed who might be willing. but then this is NYC where nothing is allowed to happen without the unions approval.

[6SJ7]

" Hoh! What're you doing here? You're supposed to be gone."

[tflabo]

Whats worse is going into a public restroom with an attendant there to hand you paper towels and collect tips.

[BitWielder1]

If I was a doorman I wouldn't dare go on strike.
It might take a few days for New Yorkers to figure out how to open a door for themselves but eventually they will.
Or someone from out of town will show them.

[Don Corleone]

Awwwwwwah!

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

[clee1]

That there even IS such a job, in this day and age, is amazing!

My thought is that these glorified gatekeepers need to thank God that they have a job at all.

Go ahead and strike azzhats; let the world know that we CAN survive without you.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m glad we open our own damn doors in Arizona.

[dfwgator]

What’s next, bathroom attendants going on strike?

[10Ring]

I thought the same thing, but there really is a Local 32BJ of SEIU...maybe BJ Clinton runs it.

[Larry Lucido]

Overdue books, frisky librarians, and absent doormen. Geez, I’m slow lately.

[Harpo Speaks]

Who will do all those things? I’d guess just about any guy out of work, and for half the pay.

[ebshumidors]

Somebody needs to play the democrats on the escalator meeting.

[freedumb2003]

>>Whats worse is going into a public restroom with an attendant there to hand you paper towels and collect tips.<<

I really hate that. I grew up too suburban, I suppose...

[earlJam]

So, you think you’re better than me?

[cripplecreek]

[Revolting cat!]

Bob's going on strike?