SECAUCUS, NJ — The employees who work at the Xchange apartment rental complex in Secaucus say their starting salary of $13.25 per hour is among the lowest in the state.
Xchange is owned by a private developer, Planned Companies, the principals of which did not respond to Patch's multiple requests for comment for this article.
Presently, there are 16 porters and 35 concierges who work in the nine towers that make up Xchange. Most of Xchange's 51 employees are considered full time. The majority of them are not given health insurance from the job, according to Maria Lanao, a spokeswoman for 32BJ SEIU.
Service Employees International Union is the union that represents thousands of healthcare, hotel, building and service workers in the New York City metro area.
In November of 2019, Xchange workers voted to unionize and join SEIU.
When an employee is first hired at Xchange, wages begin at $13.25 per hour. That's one of the lowest starting salaries for building workers in the state, said Lanao, and it's an hourly pay that is not enough to live on. Xchange employees are also not given expanded paid sick leave, paid time off or retirement benefits, she said.
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