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Brooklyn Marriott management learns the meaning of “willful” contract violations
In May, the union caught Brooklyn Marriott management stealing from employees. The hotel had been paying the wrong uniform laundering allowance, the wrong vacation pay rate, the wrong sick pay rate, and the wrong extra room attendant pay rate.
New York State Legislature cracks down on illegal hotels
The New York Times and Empire State News reported that on July 1, 2010, the New York State Legislature passed a bill clarifying the laws against using residential apartments as hotel rooms.
Cassa Hotel set to open August 1st
In a press-release published by Marketwire, the Cassa Hotel and Residences announced last week that it will open its doors to guests on August 1st.
Senate finally confirms two NLRB nominees
According to the Associated Press, the Senate confirmed President Obama's nominations to the National Labor Relations Board of union-side labor lawyer Mark Pearce and Brian Hayes, Republican Labor Policy Director of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
A review of your extra union benefits and services
As a result of your union membership, you and your families enjoy many benefits and services in addition to job security and other contractual provisions including seniority, scheduling, vacations, etc. But the benefits and services you are entitled to receive include not only those negotiated on your behalf by the Union, such as medical, dental, optical, pension, pre-paid legal, scholarship etc., but additional ones that result from the Union's affiliation with the AFL-CIO.
Judge orders Chicago Blackstone Hotel to rehire 14 workers
As reported by Crain's Chicago, a federal judge has ruled that management at the Chicago Blackstone Hotel has violated federal labor laws, and must reinstate 14 workers who had been unlawfully terminated.
Hotel development in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
The Brownstoner reported spotting a new hotel called the Condor under construction in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
NLRB ruling does little to reassure after employer threatens union activist with death
Newsday.com has reported that the Matrix Realty Group, a real estate investment company based in Smithtown, NY, was required by the National Labor Relations Board to post a notice in its office complex in Danbury, CT that stated: "We will not threaten to kill you or to cause you bodily harm because you engage in activities in support of SEIU, Local 32BJ."
2010 a banner year for new hotels in NYC
According to the Wall Street Journal, a total of 44 new hotels will open this year in the city, the largest number in several decades, with almost 80% in Manhattan alone. New hotel development is just one indication that the city's hotel industry is clearly on the road to economic recovery.
Hotel worker turns in $50,000 guest left behind
Both the BBC and the Daily Telegraph carried stories on Essa Khan, a 20-year employee of the Gilgit Serena Hotel in Pakistan who discovered $50,000 in $100 bills while conducting a routine inspection of a recently-vacated guest room.
