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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.
1,200 Del Lago Casino workers organize with HTC!
On February 15th, HTC was certified as the collective bargaining representative of 1,200 bargaining unit employees at the new del Lago Resort and Casino in the Finger Lakes Region. The del Lago is the second major casino in New York State to be organized by our union.
Employers cheat and abuse low wage workers
Employers regularly underpay, cheat, and otherwise abuse workers in low-wage, non-union positions, according to a recent study documenting the experiences of more than 4,300 low-wage workers in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Three leading contenders fight for lease to run Tavern on the Green
According to a recent article in the New York Post, the three frontrunners in the contest to run Tavern on the Green are the current owner, an owner of two high-profile Manhattan event spaces, and the owner of the Boathouse in Central Park.
Unions threaten to oppose key plans without promise of livable wages
A group of New York City's unions, including the Hotel Trades Council, have joined forces to fight the Bloomberg administration's redevelopment projects if the projects do not meet the unions' demands for livable wages and affordable housing.
