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Union Wins GRIWA Contract for Sheraton Mahwah Workers
The Union has won a GRIWA (Greater Regional Industry Wide Agreement) contract at the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel. This marks the 24th hotel signed onto the GRIWA in New Jersey!
Union Wins Contract at Hilton Newark Airport Hotel
After tough negotiations with both hotel ownership and the Hilton corporation, the hotel eventually signed onto the Greater Regional Industry Wide Agreement, which is the HTC contract for the area.
Hotel Workers Walkathon Raises Cash for Juvenile Diabetes Research
Because of the caring effort of hundreds of New York City hotel industry employees on October 2, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) received a large amount of needed funding. The event was the 25th annual Hotel Workers Walkathon.
HTC Wins a Contract at the Beekman Hotel
On September 19th, 2017, the employees at the Beekman Hotel unanimously voted to ratify their contact. They are now covered by the Industry Wide Agreement, which covers nearly 35,000 hotel employees across NYC.
Fighting For Social Justice Since 1939
The Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO (HTC), has a rich and proud history as a progressive, fighting union. For more than 80 years, it has made life better for literally hundreds of thousands of hotel workers and the members of their families.
HTC was founded in the late 1930's in a massive campaign to organize workers in the New York City hotel industry.
Members celebrate tentative agreement to renew IWA
Hotel Trades Council President Peter Ward announced Tuesday, at a Radio City Music Hall membership meeting, that our union successfully reached an early tentative agreement with the Hotel Association Bargaining Group to renew our industry-wide union contract which was scheduled to expire this summer.
HTC Celebrates Mayor de Blasio’s Summer Tax Relief for NYC Hotels
On May 19th, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an Executive Order putting a pause on the City’s hotel room occupancy tax this summer. The Executive Order is intended to accelerate the economic recovery of the hotel industry and encourage hotels to reopen and recall hotel workers. Guests will not have to pay the 5.875% occupancy tax from June 1 through August 31, effectively lowering the cost of rooms this summer and hopefully, driving up occupancy. Read More...
New Agreement Reached to Extend the Industry-Wide Contract
Last June, the Union and the Hotel Association reached a tentative deal that would extend our Industry Wide Agreement, or “IWA,” to 2024.
Hotel Workers Walkathon Raises Cash for City Harvest
Many hungry New Yorkers—and hurricane victims in Puerto Rico—will benefit because of the caring effort of hundreds of New York City hotel industry employees on Sunday, October 1.
2013 Hotel Workers Walkathon Raises Cash for Children’s Aid Society
Hundreds of New York City hotel industry employees made lives better for children by participating in the 22nd annual Hotel Workers Walkathon earlier this month. The money raised by the event will benefit a the renowned non-profit organization, the Children’s Aid Society.
