Deal reached to end strike at Bronx produce market
Teamsters leaders said they’ve reached an agreement with management at the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, and plan a vote on the deal Saturday.
No details of the agreement were publicly available shortly after it was reached Friday night.
“Negotiators for Teamster Local 202 have reached tentative agreement on a new contract,” said a statement from Danny Kane, the local’s president. Local 202 represents 1,400 workers at the market.
The workers — who the union said make $30,000 to $40,000 per year — struck the market last Saturday after negotiations over a $1 per hour pay raise fell apart.
Management said it wanted to give workers a raise over the next three years, but not as much as the union sought.
The market’s management also proposed boosting spending on health and pension benefits.
Six strikers were arrested Tuesday after they were accused of blocking the roadway leading to the market.
The market, which represents 30 produce merchants, is the city’s biggest supplier of fruit and vegetables. Each year, 210 million packages of produce pass through the market’s loading docks.