Locked-Out Workers At Flatbush Gardens Back to Work
EAST FLATBUSH — After a 16-month lockout, 70 workers returned to work this week at Flatbush Gardens, a massive housing complex in East Flatbush.
A federal district court ruled against the owners of the complex, Renaissance Equity Holdings and its principal David Bistricer, and ordered them to end the lockout and go back to the bargaining table, according to Hector Figueroa, secretary-treasurer of the building service union 32BJ, representing the workers.
“Today we stand tall on our way back to work. We won one battle but the war is not over,” said Figueroa. “We will continue fighting at the [National Labor Relations Board] NLRB and at the bargaining table for what is fair for the Flatbush Gardens workers and tenants: a fair contract with wages and benefits that support our families.”