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Fight over severance at nearly 50 shops
Throughout this crisis, our Union has had the pivotal protection of our long-term contracts. Last fall, our Union harnessed the power of those contracts to win over $370 million in severance for our laid off members. While the majority of union hotels fulfilled their obligation and paid the awarded severance to union workers without issue, some employers chose to withhold the payments, in explicit violation of the arbitrator’s legally binding decision. Read more...
13 Hotels Ratify Their First Contracts!
Unbelievably, during what has been one of the absolute worst times to negotiate, our Union has succeeded in getting contracts with big improvements. Read more...
Union victory at the Renaissance Meadowlands
Our Union won first contracts for over 500 non-union workers this year. In every case, we were able to reach an agreement without a strike or a picket line, even though, at many of these hotels, management fought us every step of the way. Read more...
HTC Expands Its Footprint In The Garden State!
On Wednesday, March 23, the Union celebrated the grand opening of its first New Jersey office in Montclair while simultaneously ratifying contracts with workers at 10 Extended Stay hotels throughout New Jersey! Read more...
Hilton workers in Puerto Rico ratify contract by 97 percent
The new union contracts were ratified at the Caribe Hilton, the Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza, and the El San Juan Hotel and Casino in Puerto Rico, on Saturday, January 30, 2010, by a combined majority of 97.28 percent.
John Lam’s new Sheraton Brooklyn opens its doors
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, hotel developer John Lam opened a new, full-service Sheraton hotel in downtown Brooklyn on May 20, 2010. The non-union Sheraton Brooklyn, one of the many new hotels currently planned for Brooklyn, threatens our union's density and our ability to negotiate strong contracts in the future.
HTC Members Take Paid Time Off to Vote
In November’s midterm elections, several thousand HTC members took advantage of a new tool in a growing number of our union contracts: paid time off to vote. Read more...
Severance Pay: Union dues should not be deducted
October 27, 2020 4:23 PM
Most hotels covered by the IWA, Division A and GRIWA contracts have started to pay severance to laid off workers in accordance with the arbitration award won in September. The Union made the decision and has instructed employers NOT to deduct dues from your severance pay. Read more...
The Story Behind the GRIWA
When HTC’s jurisdiction was expanded in 2010, it inherited hotels with weak contracts, low wages and benefits, and workers who were not impressed by the union representation they were receiving. After several difficult contract fights to improve upon these poor conditions, HTC set out with a plan to imitate the success that HTC has achieved in New York City by organizing more hotels to expand union density and by establishing a new master contract for the region similar to the IWA in New York City.
Two more Sam Chang hotels set to open soon
Two more Sam Chang hotels, part of a tri-hotel complex in Staten Island, are scheduled to open in December and January.