AGREEMENT Between SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU), Local 32BJ and NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008

Section 8. WORKING CONDITIONS

1. Tools: Employees shall not be required to take to their homes any ladders, pails or other tools or equipment.
2. Boatswain and Scaffold Work: Any job requiring use of boatswain or scaffolds must be handled by at least two window cleaners. Should a working employer be one of such workers, he shall perform the same work as fellow workers.
3. Safety Devices: Employers shall provide employees with standard safety devices approved by the New York State Department of Labor and/or any other governmental agency which has jurisdiction over safety rules for window cleaners. No employer shall permit work to be done under conditions which are sub standard or violative of any law, order or regulation of New York State Department of Labor and/or any other governmental agency which has jurisdiction over safety rules for window cleaners.
4. High Ladders: It is agreed that no window cleaner shall be required to work on or carry more than three pieces of ladders and that no less than two window cleaners shall be sent on a job requiring the use of more than three pieces of ladder aggregating eighteen feet or more in length. Under no circumstances, shall any window cleaner be required to work on a job calling for more than six pieces of ladder aggregating thirty one feet in length. An extension ladder shall be used at a height above 31 feet. If the top of a window is more than 35 feet above the ground, no ladder shall be permitted. All ladders shall be provided by the employer with means to prevent slipping. With respect to the use of extension ladders beyond the 35 feet to the top of the window, this Section shall not preclude an application by an employer to the New York State Department of Labor for a variation due to practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in accordance with Section 30 of the Labor Law, provided that the Union is given reasonable notice of such application by certified mail.
5. Inspection of Premises: A duly authorized officer or representative of the Union shall have access to the place where the work of window cleaning is done, or at the employer's place of business, provided notice is given to the Employer's representative.
6. Sanitary Facilities: Employers shall provide in their office or shop, proper, adequate and sanitary facilities for employees to wash and to change clothes before and after work and appropriate lockers for storage of worker's clothes.
7. Rain and Snow Days: Rain and snow days shall be paid for. Window cleaners shall perform work reasonably assigned to them on rainy and snowy days. Window cleaners shall not be required to work on a sill on which there remains an accumulation of snow or ice or other slippery substances.

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