– Some 55,000 Co-Op City Tenants Affected by the Employer Lockout –
New York, NY – June 3, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — Locked-out Co-Op City apartment building workers will be joined by hundreds of New York City building workers, elected officials and supporters to march and rally through the streets of Co-op City to demand an end to the worker lock out and a fair contract from RiverBay Corporation, the managing firm at Co-op City.
Co-Op City apartment building workers were locked out by their employer RiverBay on Tuesday, effectively preventing them from performing their jobs, as their contract expired with the corporation. The contract, which expired at 12:01am Tuesday, covers the 500 porters, handymen, maintenance men, garbage attendants and groundskeepers who maintain the massive complex that is home to 55,000 New Yorkers.
Co-op City is the largest single residential development in the US and the largest cooperative housing development in the world.
WHAT: March and Rally at Co-op City
WHO: Co-op City workers and other NYC building workers
Kevin Doyle, Executive VP of 32BJ
Kyle Bragg, VP of 32BJ
Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer
Councilman Joel Rivera
Councilman Seabrook
Councilman Koppell
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Assemblyman Miller
Assemblyman Rivera
Congressman Elliot
Supporters
WHEN: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 4PM
WHERE: RiverBay Administration Building, 2049 Bartow Ave.
Marchers will begin gathering at 4pm on the corner of Bay Chester Avenue and Aldrich Street-one block North of Bartow Avenue. From there, marchers will head left down Alcott Place and make a right on Asch Loop to rally in front of the administration building.
Contact:
Kwame Patterson: 312-371-2485
Matt Painter: 917-561-2758
