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Union Wins Contract at the AKA Wall Street Hotel
On December 7, 2016, AKA Wall Street employees unanimously ratified the Industry Wide Agreement (IWA), joining over 30,000 other hotel workers in New York City covered by the contract.
NY State Budget Includes Tax Relief for Upstate Casinos, Protecting Thousands of Union Workers
This spring, our Union urged the New York State Senate and Assembly to adopt several measures to protect casino workers as part of the 2021 State Budget. Read more...
Paladino takes back his touted radical budget cut plan
One of the primary tenets of Carl Paladino's campaign for governor has been his plan to fix New York State's budget problems: a 20 percent spending cut, paired with a 10 percent tax cut. Newsday reported, in an article the Boston Herald picked up, that the millionaire real estate developer told reporters his original plan was "unrealistic" and, according to experts, would take 18 months to two years to implement.
The September 8th Labor Rally for Cuomo, Hochul and Espaillat
As we reported last week, a rally for Andrew Cuomo, Katchy Hochul and Adriano Espaillat was held in our Union’s auditorium on September 8, the day before New York’s Primary Day.
Marriott Marquis Workers Win Union Recognition After 35 Years
Last week, our Union finally succeeded in organizing the largest and oldest non-union hotel in New York City, the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. HTC won recognition as the collective bargaining representative of the workers in the hotel’s housekeeping department. This victory marks the end of a 35-year union avoidance campaign at the hotel by Marriott. Read more...
More hotels open in Brooklyn hotel hub
Two more hotels opened in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn this summer. The Union Hotel, a 43-room property on Degraw Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, was the first of the two to open. The Fairfield Inn New York Brooklyn opened a month later; it is a Marriott property.
Workers at the Hard Rock Unanimously Vote YES to Ratify their First Union Contract!
On the evening of December 15th, 2022, workers from the Hard Rock New York gathered around a table in our Union’s auditorium to count their ratification ballots. Read more...
Button Up!
Always wear your union button on the job! Let 50,000 visitors every year know New York is a union town. Remember this union is only as strong as its members, and all of the members who came before.
Unions look to revitalize Garment District
Unite-HERE! hopes to maintain New York City as a fashion capital and save the Garment District by proposing to designate 1 million square feet of space in various buildings at subsidized rents for clothing manufacturers.
NY will issue three weeks of $300 supplemental unemployment benefits
September 12, 2020 3:56 PM
The New York Department of Labor has announced that the state will begin to distribute $300 a week supplemental unemployment benefits (provided under the Lost Wages Assistance Program) the week of September 14th.
