The 2023 Greater Regional Industry-Wide Agreement
April 4, 2023
We are proud to announce that we have won a new Greater Regional Industry-Wide Agreement ("GRIWA") contract. The new GRIWA provides the largest wage increases in any renewal contract in our union’s nearly 100-year history. And the achievements aren’t limited to wages – the GRIWA also breaks new ground by addressing problems that our members face outside of work, including the skyrocketing cost of child care, lack of affordable housing, need for paid family leave, and access to free lawyers – all while protecting your healthcare, pension, and other benefits in the contract.
Learn More About Your New Contract!
HTC President Rich Maroko reviews the highlights of the new GRIWA contract – including several historic new provisions – in the video above. You can also read the highlights and contract by clicking here.
Next Steps:
Union staff will be visiting your hotels and casinos over the coming weeks to review the new agreement in-person. Dates and time will be announced soon — click here to sign up for union text alerts to be notified. Review the list of shops below to see the status of the new GRIWA at your hotel / casino. Congratulations!
1. Hotel Association Bargaining Group Shops
Members working at these bargaining group hotels – the hotels that were sitting across the table from us in negotiations – are eligible to vote to ratify the proposed agreement:
Courtyard by Marriott Newark Downtown
Courtyard by Marriott Newark Elizabeth
Courtyard by Marriott Newark Elizabeth Liberty International
Courtyard by Marriott Tarrytown Westchester County
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Jersey City
DoubleTree by Hilton Newark Penn Station
Embassy Suites by Hilton Parsippany
The Gideon Putnam
Hilton Newark Airport
Hilton Short Hills
Hyatt Regency Jersey City
Hyatt Regency New Brunswick
Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark
Opus Westchester
Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel
Residence Inn Newark Elizabeth Liberty International
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Westchester
Sheraton Parsippany
Sonesta Hamilton Park Morristown
Sonesta Simply Suites Jersey City
Sonesta Simply Suites Parsippany/Morris Plains
Sonesta Select Whippany
Sonesta White Plains
Westchester Marriott
Westin Morristown
2. “Me-Too” Shops
The following hotels are covered by “Me-Too” agreements, which bound them to the GRIWA — no matter the outcome — before it was negotiated. Members in these shops will not vote, but will automatically be covered by the proposed agreement once ratified:
Del Lago Resort & Casino
EnVue Weehawken
Extended Stay America Edison Raritan Center
Extended Stay America Elizabeth Newark Airport
Extended Stay America Hanover - Parsippany
Extended Stay America Meadowlands
Extended Stay America Meadowlands - East Rutherford
Extended Stay America Meadowlands Rutherford
Extended Stay America Newark Woodbridge
Extended Stay America Secaucus New York City Area
Extended Stay America Somerset Franklin
Extended Stay Deluxe Piscataway Rutgers University
Fairfield Inn & Suites Mahwah
Fairfield Inn & Suites Rockaway
Hampton Inn & Suites Mahwah
Hilton Albany - contract expires April 30, 2027
Hilton East Brunswick
Hilton Garden Inn Edison Raritan Center
Hilton Garden Inn Ridgefield Park
Hilton Hasbrouck Heights
Hilton Meadowlands
Homewood Suites Dover
Hyatt Place Fair Lawn Paramus
Hyatt Regency Morristown
Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino
Legoland Hotel
Levy Premium Food Services (at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course) - contract expires July 31, 2023
Long Island Marriott
Renaissance Albany
Residence Inn Weehawken
Resorts World Catskills
Rivers Casino & Resort
Saratoga Casino Hotel
Saratoga Hilton
Sheraton Mahwah
Sheraton Suites at Lincoln Harbor
Sonesta ES Suites Parsippany
Sonesta ES Suites South Brunswick Princeton
Sonesta Select Mahwah
Sonesta Simply Suites Somerset
Springhill Suites Newark Liberty International Airport
Springhill Suites Brookhaven
3. Shops that signed the new GRIWA after ratification [Updated August 8th, 2023]
The following hotels were not part of the initial GRIWA negotiations but have signed the new GRIWA since it was ratified in April.
Delta Hotels by Marriott Woodbridge
La Quinta Inn & Suites Clifton
Residence Inn by Marriott White Plains Westchester County
Westin Jersey City Newport
La Quinta Inn & Suites Secaucus Meadowlands
Holiday Inn Express Albany Downtown
W Hoboken
4. Shops Not Covered by this Agreement
The following hotels have not yet agreed to a successor agreement. Unless otherwise noted, these contracts expired on March 31, 2023. Our union is working to get these employers to sign on to the new GRIWA one by one. In the meantime, there should be no significant changes on the job.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Albany Downtown
Fairfield Inn & Suites Parsippany
Harmony Suites Secaucus Meadowlands
Holiday Inn Secaucus Meadowlands
La Quinta Inn & Suites Fairfield
Sheraton Edison Raritan Center
Sonesta Simply Suites Nanuet Rockland County