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Staybridge Suites to open in May in Hell’s Kitchen

The 310-room Staybridge Suites extended stay, all-suite hotel is expected to open this May on West 44th Street at Ninth Avenue.

Element hotel opens in Times Square

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. operates the new 411-room Element Times Square West, which has LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Members Celebrate Tentative Agreement to Renew IWA at Radio City Music Hall

On February 7th, 2012, nearly 6,000 union members packed Radio City Music Hall to hear HTC President Peter Ward detail the tough negotiations with the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (the organization that represents many of the city's hotel owners).

Despite the anti-union sentiment growing in the United States and a precarious economy, our Union’s leadership managed to extend the Union’s Industry Wide Agreement (“the IWA”) for 7 years. Not only did the leadership fight back against the industry’s outrageous list of give backs, but they won big wage increases, increased funding for the union’s pension and medical fund, and won vital job security protections in the new contract.

2013 Hotel Workers Walkathon Raises Cash for Children’s Aid Society

Hundreds of New York City hotel industry employees made lives better for children by participating in the 22nd annual Hotel Workers Walkathon earlier this month. The money raised by the event will benefit a the renowned non-profit organization, the Children’s Aid Society.

Walkathon Benefits Coalition for the Homeless

The 28th annual Hotel Workers Walkathon, held on Sunday, September 29, drew hundreds of participants to raise money for the Coalition for the Homeless. It was a great day for all, as members and their families gathered at the Roosevelt Hotel for a complimentary breakfast to kick off the event. As always, it was a fun-filled effort to benefit a worthy cause: The New York City Coalition for the Homeless. 

New Giants stadium failing to rehire union workers

The Giants and Jets have snared our city's first Super Bowl for their new Meadowlands Stadium, but hundreds of unionized workers from the old stadium are being left out in the cold.

Resorts World Catskills Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify Their New Contract!

April 15, 2020 6:00PM

On Monday, March 30th, the workers at Resorts World Catskills ratified their second HTC contract through an online secret ballot vote. An overwhelming majority of 98% voted in favor or the agreement.

Negotiated before the Coronavirus outbreak, Resorts World Catskills signed onto the Greater Industry Wide Agreement (GRIWA), our union’s landmark master contract for upstate New York, Northern New Jersey and the suburbs of New York City. The GRIWA provides much needed security to the workers at Resorts World Catskills during this extremely difficult time in our country, securing rights, wages and benefits until March 31, 2023. 

Wyndham to open new TRYP Times Square South in spring 2011

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has announced it will be opening a new 173-room hotel in Midtown Manhattan in spring 2011. The hotel will be a part of Wyndham's newly acquired TRYP brand, a mid-price-range line of hotels located primarily in Europe and Latin America.

The Union difference: the tale of 3 unemployed New Yorkers

May 13, 2020 9:42 AM

THE CITY tells the struggle of three unemployed New Yorkers during the coronavirus crisis. One, an independent contractor who sings at a private club in Soho. Another, a restaurant manager who is undocumented and unable to collect unemployment. And the third, HTC member Elaine Wong, a Room Attendant at the Beekman Hotel for 4 years. Elaine and her husband were both infected with COVID-19, but thankfully recovered after being treated at the Queens Health Center.

Elaine expressed gratitude for the support she received while she was sick, “I’m very thankful for my Union job, the doctors and the nurses at the Union Health Center in Long Island City, because the nurse called me every day without fail for two weeks to check on our condition.”

To read the full article, visit THE CITY's Website.

NYC City Council Passes and Mayor de Blasio Signs Law Protecting Hotel Workers and Guests

Last Wednesday, by a vote of 45 to 4, the NYC City Council passed, and on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, a new law which will provide vital security for New York City hotel workers, and which will also greatly enhance consumer protections for people traveling to our city.

HTC President Rich Maroko commented, “40,000 HTC members and their families applaud and thank the mayor, the speaker, and all our friends in the City Council for acting decisively to enact critical measures to prevent a small, unscrupulous segment of the hotel owners in this city from exploiting the COVID-19 disaster to profiteer. We are fortunate to have elected officials in this city and state who have acted courageously and responsibly in these terrible times.” Read more...