N.Y.C. Custodians' Union Votes on Contract
School custodians in New York City began a ratification vote last week on a new contract that eliminates many often-criticized practices and, for the first time for any municipal union in the city, links pay increases to job performance.
Months after he rejected an agreement negotiated between Schools Chancellor Ramon C. Cortines and the custodians' union as not going far enough, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced a tentative contract Oct. 14 that he said extracts further concessions from the custodians.
The new contract represents a "recognition of and commitment to revamping a broken and unworkable system," Mr. Giuliani said in a news conference at City Hall held to...
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