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Gary Crose, Renaissance Times Square
Our Union is saddened to announce the passing of Gary Crose, a potwasher at the Renaissance Times Square for twenty years.
Friends remember Gary as a gregarious and funny presence in the kitchen who always worked hard and loved his job.
Vladimir Timko, a dear friend and coworker at the Renaissance Times Square for twenty years recalls Gary’s generous spirit. “Gary was a kind and generous man who enjoyed volunteering at his church, and helping those less fortunate. He was always ready with a quick joke, and a guiding hand to help new employees. He was a proud Union member and supporter who strongly believed in equality, and opportunity. He was always grateful for his years of service to the Marriott Organization.”
Read the full tribute to Gary here.
Marriott Marquis and Marriott Downtown Workers Seize a Second Chance To Join HTC
Marriott has waged a very sophisticated and expensive avoidance strategy at its two non-union hotels in New York City: the New York Marriott Marquis, its flagship hotel in Times Square, and the Marriott Downtown, located on Albany and West Streets in lower Manhattan. The cornerstone of Marriott’s union avoidance strategy was doing a masterful job tricking the workers into believing that they had the same rights and job protections that HTC members have under our contract. Read more...
Groundbreaking for fourth Gem hotel in Manhattan
As reported by Hotel Interactive, Gemini Real Estate Advisors has broken ground for the GEM Hotel Union Square, to be located at 52 West 13th Street in Manhattan.
HTC Pickets Woolworth in Times Square in Solidarity with Sit-Ins Across the South
In February 1960, four brave Black college students walked into a “whites only” lunch counter at a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth and sat down, igniting a protest movement to end segregation that spread across the country. The students – Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil – each ordered a cup of coffee and after being refused service, sat quietly in protest until the store closed. The student activists returned the next day in greater numbers and stoically bore the harassment and verbal abuse by white customers. By the third day, the number of peaceful protestors had swelled to the hundreds.
As the Greensboro sit-ins gained national attention, students across the South organized similar sit-ins at Woolworth and other segregated establishments. The activists were often met with aggression, police violence, and even bomb threats. In New York City, our Union organized a picket line of its own outside the Times Square Woolworth in solidarity with the civil rights activists. Read more...
Hernan Morales, New York Hilton
Hernan Morales, a steward at the New York Hilton for 21 years, has passed. He was 68.
His wife, Claudia, said this about her husband, whom she affectionally called ‘Pa’ - “He was a good man and a hard worker, and more than anything he loved helping others,” she said. She added that not only was he good husband, a good father and a good co-worker, he was a good friend, too. Pa was the love of my life and I will miss him forever.”
Read the full tribute to Hernan here.
Members Rally With Governor Cuomo and Bon Jovi to Raise the Minimum Wage
On Thursday June 11th, hundreds of HTC members were joined by dozens of activists from other unions and local community groups at the Hotel Trades Council’s Manhattan Headquarters for a rally to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, organized by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Workers at The Edition Hotel Vote to Join HTC
On April 29, 2015, 116 workers from the Marriott’s The New York Edition voted by an overwhelming 88% majority to join HTC. The Edition is located on 5 Madison Avenue directly across from Madison Square Park.
Bienvenido Estévez, Yale Club
We are sad to announce the passing of Bienvenido Estevez, a steward at the Yale Club and a member for over 30 years.
Bienvenido’s wife, Milagros Estevez, remembers Bienvenido as a loving husband, father and a giving man. “He was an exemplary husband, and an exemplary father. He had an amazing mind and an amazing heart. Even when he wasn’t working, he was a generous man. If he only had ten dollars to his name, he would give nine of those dollars to someone who needed them. That was the kind of man he was.”
Read the full tribute to Bienvenido here.
Francisco Espinal, Radisson JFK
The Union is sad to announce that Francisco Adriano Espinal, an Engineer at the Radisson JFK, has passed away.
Francisco was a member of Local 94 and an Engineer at the Radisson JFK since 2001. He was working with the hopes of providing his three children with a better future.
Nahud “Coco” Rosado worked side by side with Francisco at the Radisson JFK for nearly 20 years. “Francisco used to tell everyone he was my ‘tio’ and he truly treated me like family,” recalls Coco. “When I got surgery a few years back, it was Francisco who took me back and forth to the hospital. He was always taking care of his family, friends, and coworkers first. I am really going to miss him.”
Read the full tribute to Francisco here.
