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Funding approved for major Harlem hotel project
The Wall Street Journal reports that $20 million in federal tax-exempt financing for NFL star Emmitt Smith's proposed hotel and retail project in HarlemÃÂ has been approved.
East Harlem development project breaks ground, includes hotel
According to GlobeSt.com, construction on the $700 million East Harlem Media, Entertainment and Cultural Center finally got underway in May.
UNITE HERE starts national Hyatt campaign
As reported by BeyondChron, UNITE HERE has initiated a campaign of national actions against the Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
Local 2 members walkout at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
As reported in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, about 400 Hyatt Regency workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 staged a three-day strike last week to pressure Hyatt hotels to negotiate a fair contract, stop unilaterally increasing workloads, and lower health care costs.
LeRoys lost Tavern deal, despite highest bid
According to Annie Karni in the New York Post, financial documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Law show that the LeRoy family, who had operated Tavern on the Green since 1974, submitted the highest proposed fee payment to the city as part of its bid to operate the famed restaurant for the next 20-year contractual term.
Supreme Court: illegal for NLRB to decide cases when only two of its five seats filled
A story by Washington Post reporters Peter Whorisky and Sonia Ryst discussed the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision on the legality of NLRB decisions rendered by a depleted National Labor Relations Board.
ITUC finds violence against unionists on the rise; 101 murdered in 2009
According to an annual survey conducted by the International Trade Union Confederation, 101 union organizers were murdered around the world in 2009 for their union activity.
Labor unrest in China
The New York Times, Associated Press and China Daily recently reported that workers in four Chinese Honda plants walked off the job in May in an organized effort to demand democratic union representation and an immediate increase in wages.
Four luxury hotels opening this summer
The Los Angeles Daily Times reported that hotel development in New York City shows littles sign of slowing. Four new luxury hotels will open in Manhattan this summer.
114-room James hotel opening in Soho this summer
CurbedNY reports that work continues at the future site of the James New York hotel in Soho, which is expected to be open by September.
