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2022 Writing Contest: Read the Winning Entries!
Read the full entries from our six 2022 Writing Contest winners.
HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE Join in Relief Effort in Puerto Rico
After Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving an unimaginable trail of destruction, HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE joined in a relief effort to assist members of the hotel union there, Local 610.
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Information about extended healthcare coverage and how to schedule virtual doctor and counseling appointments during this crisis.
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A Report from HTC President Rich Maroko:
There is no corner of the globe where this pandemic hasn’t spread. And while we all share many common hardships, we also each feel the impact on a personal and individual level.
For our Union, and our members, we find ourselves in the midst of what are undoubtedly the darkest days in the 82-year history of our Union. Our industry is almost entirely closed down, something that has never happened before — not during the Great Depression of the 1930s, not during the world wars, and not after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Almost 90% of our members are laid off. No one can say when business will come back or when life will return to normal. Read more...
Turning the clock backwards on workers safety
It was one hundred years ago this year that 146 workers lost their lives within minutes at the Triangle Factory Fire. The tragic events of Saturday, March 25, 1911, were remembered with special feeling this year.
Extended Unemployment Benefits Coming to an Abrupt Halt
Thousands of our members have been relying on multiple federally funded programs extending and supplementing unemployment during the COVID-19 crisis. The federal and state governments have extended unemployment well beyond the normal limit of 26 weeks of benefits during this crisis. However, on August 19th, President Biden announced that the federal government would not be extending these programs and he urged states with high unemployment rates – which include New York and New Jersey – to use the federal relief money they have received to extend unemployment benefits. Unfortunately, and contrary to our hopes, New York State has not done so in a meaningful way. Read more...
Find alternative healthcare
Updated December 23, 2020 3:24 PM
During this catastrophe, the federal government utterly failed the people they are supposed to serve and the toll has been more horrific even than most American wars.
Our Union, however, has moved mountains to win extraordinary protections and special benefits to assist the workers we represent to get through this emergency. The most important example has been the Union’s success in persuading and compelling a devastated industry to continue to fund healthcare coverage for most of the 40,000 workers we represent (most of whom are laid off) over a period of many additional months.
We have compiled this guide about the many alternative healthcare options that will be available to you should you lose coverage in the upcoming months. Read more...
