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Apply Now: Direct Cash Relief For Undocumented New Yorkers
New York State is offering one-time payments of up to $15,600 to undocumented immigrants who lost work during the pandemic and were unable to collect unemployment or federal stimulus money. As part of the 2021-2022 New York State budget, the state created the “Excluded Workers Fund” and set aside a total of $2.1 billion to provide direct cash payments to the hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers in the state. Read more...
Jimmy Elidrissi, Waldorf=Astoria
Our Union is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Jillali “Jimmy” Elidrissi, a bellman at the Waldorf=Astoria for 51 years and the longest serving bellman at the hotel.
After immigrating from Morocco to the United States, Jimmy began working at the Waldorf=Astoria in 1966 at the age of nineteen. His friends at the Waldorf described him as a mentor and father-like figure, and often referred to him as “Mr. Waldorf” because he was so knowledgeable about the hotel.
Read the full tribute to Jimmy here.
A Report from HTC President Rich Maroko
By HTC President Rich Maroko
After an incredibly difficult year, the New York and New Jersey hospitality and gaming industries have finally started to slowly recover. And while we’ve seen many hotels, clubs, and casinos reopen, the majority of our members are still not back to work. Read more...
Newsfeed
A brief report on our Union's progress since the start of the year.
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...
Dues Increase Postponed
HTC’s governing body approved delaying this year’s scheduled September 1st dues increase until next year. Read more...
New Resources for Laid Off Members
While tourism has picked up and our industries have started to make a comeback, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. Never before have so many hotels and casinos been closed and so many of our Union’s members laid off, for so long.
The months ahead will undoubtedly be difficult for many of our members. You can count on your Union to do absolutely everything in its power to assist you until you are recalled to your Union job. Take a look at some of the resources that are available to you below. Read more...
The HTC Chef
By Alex Hing, Union Sous Chef, Millennium UN Plaza
In the Academy award-winning animated movie titled after this vegetable casserole, Ratatouille, a rodent teams up with a kitchen steward to win over a cynical Parisian food critic by transforming this French peasant dish into something sublime. You can do the same if you cook it with love. Read more...
Get your “I Got My Shots!” Pin
As part of a campaign to encourage guests to stay at union properties – where a high percentage of members are vaccinated and there are strict safety protocols – we have designed a new union pin to advertise that we got our shots! Read more...
Our 2021 Election Work is Not Over Yet
On November 2nd, both New York City and New Jersey are holding local elections. Not only will the officials elected this fall oversee the recovery of our region’s economy, but they will be important allies to us as employers try to exploit this crisis to eliminate hotel jobs. The leaders we elect will also, critically, be in office when the GRIWA contract expires (in 2023) and most likely when the IWA (2026) and Division A (2027) contracts expire. Read more...
