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HTC Supports Hotel and Gaming Workers in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Fiona
When Hurricane Fiona swept through Puerto Rico in September, members of UNITE-HERE Local 610 were among those who lost power, water, and even entire homes to the storm’s devastation. Read more...
Judge Throws Out Airbnb Lawsuit, Strict Regulations to Go Into Effect in September
New York City’s Short-Term Rental Registration Law — also known as Local Law 18 — has survived a legal challenge from Airbnb, and will go into effect in early September. Read more...
Union takes another step to improve retirement benefits for Local 6 Club employees
Last week, the Union’s Club Pension trustees proposed merging the Club and Hotel pension plans in an ongoing effort to improve benefits for Club employees. Read more from Local 6 Business Manager Rich Maroko...
Supporting You, Beyond the Job
Over the last few years, our Union has reimagined the role our Union can play in the issues that affect our members outside of work - issues like the rising cost of child care, the lack of affordable housing, and immigration. These problems affect millions of working people, and have for many years. Our Union won’t resolve them overnight or on our own. So, we’re attacking the problem from every angle: through our contract, legislation, and partnerships with our allies in the labor movement, academia, and the non-profit space. Read more...
Off the Clock: The Triangle Fire Memorial
In November of 1909, more than 20,000 garment workers responsible for the manufacturing of women’s blouses — then known as “shirtwaists” — walked off their jobs in New York City in a strike led by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Read more...
Winning Better Contracts
When HTC President Rich Maroko announced our Union’s strategic plan last year, we were just months away from the expiration of the GRIWA and Upstate Casino contracts. Those negotiations were tough – but in the end, we left the bargaining table with landmark contracts that dramatically increased wages, protected benefits, and established brand new funds and rights that will pave the way for our Union’s future. Read more...
New Union Leaders
MARIE RICHARD - Local 6 Vice President
Marie was recruited as a Business Agent upon her return to New York City, and she has spent the last 20 years defending the contractual rights of thousands of HTC members Read more...
Growing in GRIWA
In the past 15 years, our Union has taken a foothold in New Jersey and the greater New York region. Today we represent 8,200 workers outside of New York City, with 99 shops covered by the GRIWA master contract. This is a report on how we got here, and where we’re headed. Read more...
High School Seniors Can Now Apply for 2025 College Scholarships!
The Vito J. Pitta Scholarship program and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council Division A Scholarship program are now accepting applications for the 2025 competitions.
Since the start of the Union’s scholarship program over 39 years ago, it has provided over 1,170 of our members’ children with the financial support necessary to pursue their dreams of a college education.
Scholarship winners receive awards of $12,000 apiece, paid in increments of $3,000 for each of the four years of college. Last year, $432,000 was awarded to 36 talented high school seniors, bringing the program’s total grants to over $10.4 million. Read more...
