The 44-day strike at Central Park’s Boathouse restaurant ended Wednesday night as the restaurant’s operator and workers union reached a four-year contract that will give employees free health care and raises.
The agreement, first reported by Crain’s New York, comes as the National Labor Relations Board was preparing to lodge a legal complaint, akin to an indictment, against restaurant operator Dean Poll. The complaint would have alleged that the Boathouse illegally threatened workers and punished more than 15 employees for attempting to unionize.
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