Roughly 21,000 private security officers are employed in New Jersey, and the average wage is $11.74 an hour, according to the unions. 

A retroactive wage increase and a 2 percent lump sum payment will be given to each Metro special police officer, at an approximate cost of $797,621.

Security officers who work for U.S. Security Associates (USSA) at Sony Corporation's North American headquarters on Madison Avenue have authorized their organizing committee to call for a strike against the private security contractor if it refuses to remedy unfair labor practices.