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New York City Nurses Win Safe Staffing Ratios, End Three Day Strike
On Thursday, January 12th, 2023, the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) ended their three day strike after winning contract agreements with Mount Sinai and Montefiore hospitals. Read more...
Eric Adams, Our Choice for NYC Mayor
By HTC President Rich Maroko
In February, our Union endorsed Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams in his campaign for New York City mayor.
This election may be the most consequential one we’ve faced since we started our Union’s political program 15 years ago. The leaders we elect this year will decide how to rebuild our City’s economy, drive tourism, and reopen the hotel industry after the COVID-19 pandemic. They will have a huge say over how working people – and our members – are treated during the economic recovery. If that weren’t reason enough to take these elections seriously, in all likelihood, whoever wins the mayoral election will also be elected to a second term. That means that the mayor who is elected this year will likely be in power when our industry-wide contract expires in 2026. Read more...
Tavern workers’ jobs extended through the holiday season
With Tavern on the Green's current lease set to expire on December 31, 2009, it was feared that the restaurant would have to close before the busy holiday season in order to have enough time to secure and resell its expensive paintings, furnishings and other fixtures.
Union Victory! HTC wins a contract at the Hilton Albany
After a four-month long boycott and picket line, HTC has won a contract for the 146 workers at the Hilton Albany hotel.
Union confronts management with facts
Seeking to completely replace many of the most important sections of the contract (including the grievance and arbitration procedure, union visitation rights, and other fundamental contract enforcement provisions) the Union came to negotiations well-prepared to justify its demands.
HTC Members Canvass in Georgia to Re-Elect Reverend Raphael Warnock!
In mid-November, after it was announced that Reverend Raphael Warnock (D) was heading into a run-off election, a group of our members joined hundreds of UNITE HERE members from around the country in Duluth, Georgia to re-elect the Senator. Read more...
Newsfeed
A brief report on our Union's progress since our last issue. Read more...
Our Union endorses Joe Biden
October 22, 2020 10:06 AM
By HTC President Rich Maroko
For 80 years, our members have spoken out again and again against abuses of power, discrimination, and disrespect. Thousands of you have stood beside a coworker who has been treated unfairly by a manager, walked a picket line to fight for someone who wants to provide a better life for their family, and packed city hall to advocate for laws that will protect our communities.
Well, this election is another moment when we must band together and act for the greater good.
D.C. hotel workers win best contract in their union’s 70 year history
With some solidarity from our union, and because of strong action by its members, Local 25, the union for hotel workers in Washington D.C., has finally won a long and bitter fight against an alliance of the major hotel chains, obtaining the best contract in its 70 year history.
Members Celebrate the GRIWA Ratification
Not even monsoon-like rains could keep hundreds of members from packing a room at the Newark Hilton Penn Station on April 16 to celebrate the ratification of the new Greater Regional Industry Wide Contract, also known as the GRIWA.
It was a boisterous crowd and everyone was in a celebratory mood.
The meeting was opened by HTC General Counsel and Executive Vice President Richard Maroko, who explained in the simplest terms what the contract meant.
