Citi Bike Workers in New York Get Union Contract

Source: NY Times

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Less than a year after Citi Bike employees in New York City joined a union, they became the first bike-share workers in the country to reach an agreement for a union contract.

The workers will receive substantial raises under the agreement announced on Thursday between the union, Transport Workers Union Local 100, and NYC Bike Share, the company that operates Citi Bike. The union represents about 200 bike mechanics, call center agents and other employees of Citi Bike.

Under the agreement, workers will immediately earn at least $1.50 more an hour, bringing the wage for a bike mechanic to $18.41, from $16.91. The union said it hoped to use the agreement as a template in other cities like Boston and Chicago where it represents bike-share workers.

Citi Bike workers joined the union, which represents thousands of subway and bus workers in New York, in September. The agreement includes additional wage increases over the course of the contract and other benefits, including eight weeks of paid parental leave.

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