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Union Victory! HTC wins a contract at the Hilton Albany
After a four-month long boycott and picket line, HTC has won a contract for the 146 workers at the Hilton Albany hotel.
NYC Residents: Meet with MetroPlus about your healthcare options
Updated December 23, 2020 5:30 PM
Our Union has arranged for agents from MetroPlus (a city-operated, not-for-profit healthcare plan) to meet with union workers who are losing their healthcare in the coming months to discuss their healthcare options.
On December 17th, New York State extended the deadline to apply for a state healthcare program or qualified healthcare plan until December 31st for coverage beginning on January 1st. We strongly encourage members to take the opportunity to meet with a MetroPlus agent to get a complete overview of your options. Read more...
Here Is the 2016 Health Awareness Events Calendar
With this growing interest among our membership, it has become a tradition to provide a preview of Health Awareness Events for members around this time of the year, so that everyone knows in advance the dates they will take place this year and everyone can plan ahead.
Huge Step Forward for Immigrant Protections in New IWA Contract
Albor Ruiz, a reporter who has written many stories on immigration for the New York Daily News, highlighted our new immigrant protection contract language in a recent article.
Union Health Centers Distribute Over 12,000 Vaccines! Sign Up Now to Get Yours!
The Union’s health centers have already administered over 12,000 shots to HTC members, their families, and union staff. The vaccines will not only protect thousands of our members and their families against this terrible virus, but these vaccines are key to bringing an end to this crisis, reviving tourism in New York City, and getting our members back to work! Read more...
A Report from HTC President Rich Maroko:
There is no corner of the globe where this pandemic hasn’t spread. And while we all share many common hardships, we also each feel the impact on a personal and individual level.
For our Union, and our members, we find ourselves in the midst of what are undoubtedly the darkest days in the 82-year history of our Union. Our industry is almost entirely closed down, something that has never happened before — not during the Great Depression of the 1930s, not during the world wars, and not after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Almost 90% of our members are laid off. No one can say when business will come back or when life will return to normal. Read more...
NJ and Upstate delegates spend the day in NYC
95 of our newer delegates from New Jersey and the capital region of New York saw firsthand some of HTC's impressive accomplishments during a day in NYC. They and their coworkers are among the more than 2,500 hotel and gaming workers the Hotel Trades Council now represents in those regions.
Union Wins A Contract For the Evelyn Hotel Employees
HTC has won a contract for the 41 employees of the Evelyn Hotel. The workers unanimously ratified the contract on January 11, 2017. Now, their working lives have drastically improved thanks to the terms and conditions provided for in the Industry Wide Agreement (IWA).
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.
Union Wins Back Pay at Saratoga Casino & Raceway
The sky is suddenly bluer and brighter for the employees at the Saratoga Casino & Raceway—HTC blue that is! That’s because the Union has won back pay for a large group of employees at “the Racino” due to management’s improper allocation of special function gratuities.
