You are reading: Hotel Voice Summer 2024

When HTC President Rich Maroko announced our union’s strategic plan last year, we were just months away from the expiration of the GRIWA and Upstate Casino contracts. Those negotiations were tough – but in the end, we left the bargaining table with landmark contracts that dramatically increased wages, protected benefits, and established brand new funds and rights that will pave the way for our union’s future.

2023 GRIWA

The 2023 GRIWA was nothing short of monumental: A 40% wage increase, affordable family healthcare, new child care and housing funds, and pre-paid legal. We’re changing the landscape for hotel jobs in greater New Jersey and New York one contract at a time.
 

2026 IWA

Negotiations for the 2026 IWA are just two years away. We have a lot to protect, and a lot we’re gearing up to fight for. Winning another excellent contract will require smart bargaining strategy, continuing to organize to increase our density, strategically using political power, and above all, an engaged membership that’s ready to take action.
 

2023 Gaming GRIWA

Political power at work. In the first casino contracts, our union negotiated an economic reopener, which gave us the right to reopen contract negotiations in the event the casinos’ tax rates were reduced. Then, we used the political power built by thousands of member volunteers to lower the casinos’ taxes. In 2023, we leveraged that re-opener to provide for the biggest wage increases we’ve ever won in a renewal contract in the Gaming GRIWA.
 

Local 6 Clubs

Over the last few years, we’ve assembled a Contract Fight team dedicated to improving the standalone contracts at the Local 6 Clubs. Through painstaking negotiations, they’ve won significant improvements, including to working conditions, wages, and benefits, as well as stronger union visitation and scheduling rights.