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City wide boom in hotel development continues
According to a recent article on the popular real estate blog, DNAinfo.com, a new hotel, which bills itself as "tapping into [Bushwick's] 'Raw Feeling of Creativity'" will open in spring of 2015. The 116-room Bklyn House Hotel is just one of the many non-union hotels slated to open in 2015, which means the only thing that's raw about the place is the poverty pay deal it will likely offer its employees.
BREAKING NEWS: Support for Safe Hotels Act Reaches Supermajority in NYC Council
Just yesterday, support for the New York City Safe Hotels Act reached a supermajority in the NYC Council.
The Safe Hotels Act would provide some of the health and safety protections that we’ve won in our Union’s contracts like panic buttons, daily room cleaning, and security protections to all NYC hotel workers and would curb the use of exploitive subcontracting agencies in most hotels. Read more...
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Online tours of museums and other cultural institutions available during the crisis
IUF and HTC rally to support Turkish aviation workers
On Friday November 8th, 2013 HTC rallied to show solidarity with 305 dismissed aviation workers in Turkey. The rally took place in front of the Empire State building where Turkish Airlines American corporate offices are based. HTC staff and members, along with IUF and Unite Here staff, chanted and raised the IUF flag high, sending a strong message to the workers that union members in New York support their struggle.
New hotels changing look of Midtown neighborhood
Three new hotels will be bringing a different feel to midtown Manhattan, specifically the portion of Broadway from 26th to 31st Streets.
U.S. working class hit hardest by falling wages, unemployment
Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times discuss the falling wages and increasing unemployment that continue to plague the American workforce even as some sections of the economy and other nations' economies recover from the recent recession. àWorkers are still suffering from the economic implosion despite the fact that corporate profits "have more than recovered, rising 12% since late 2007." The main cause of this "jobless recovery" is the basic structure of the American economy ââ¬â one where employers function with few restraints. ÃÂ
HTC plays major role in Senate flip, Willets Point vote
The Hotel Trades Council was a major political force in securing a democratic majority in the State Senate, as well as in pushing the City Council to approve the development of Willets Point.
Saving for College: About 529 Plans
As the cost of college continues to rise annually above the rate of inflation, higher than the annual Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and faster than the Consumer Price Index (CPI), parents are learning to fight back by establishing 529 college savings plans for their children. These tax shelters have grown enormously in popularity, especially in states like New York where residents have a state income tax to pay in addition to their federal income tax.
Paladino’s campaign admits to lie about his army service
Last month, Carl Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo, told Huffington Post editor Dan Collins that Paladino spent "'six months active duty with orders for Vietnam'" and was "'responsible for training 250 men during that time at Fort Bliss.'"
