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After a nearly decade-long impasse, the New York City District Council of Carpenters finally settled negotiations with the city for a 12-year contract that spans from 2008-2020. The sticking points during negotiations dealt with restoring leave time that the city took from some employees and backpay for annuity payments that the city failed to disperse. The union is suing the city for using unfair tactics to reduce paid time off and annuity payments. A coalition of some 150 unions has endorsed their lawsuit, fearing that Mayor de Blasio’s failure to honor NYCCC’s previous contract terms after it expired while new contract negotiations are still going on will set a precedent that will have spillover effects for all New York City unions. The terms of NYCDCC’s new contract provides that workers will receive an average of $10,000 in back annuity payments and 39 days of paid time off that was taken from them during the 10-year long impasse.