The work you do is absolutely vital. Absolutely. I value your labor and I believe that you deserve fair wages and benefits. But this strike has put all that at risk. Just three days of a strike would erase every dollar of additional salary that workers would receive under a new contract. We don't need to be here. Workers deserve better, but also New Yorkers deserve better. That's why today I'm urging all parties once again to bargain at the table and to get a deal done. (20:03–20:11)
CLAIM
Asserts that a three-day strike would negate salary gains from a new contract.
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