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Michael Fishman, the union president, said soaring health costs would make this round of talks the most difficult in a decade, raising the possibility of a strike when the union's three-year contract expires at 12:01 a.m. on April 21. Mr. Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said that he thinks that this is going to be their toughest bargaining in a while. But Mr. Fishman argued that New York's real estate market had remained so strong that the residential buildings could afford substantial raises as well as higher health care contributions. Michael Fishman, the president of Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, said soaring health costs would make this round of talks the most difficult, raising the possibility of a strike when the union's three-year contract expires. But Mr. Fishman argued that New York's real estate market had remained so strong that the residential buildings could afford substantial raises as well as higher health care contributions. Mr. Fishman argued that joint expiration date would help management do more to control health costs for workers in residential and commercial buildings.