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Will “Occupy Wall Street” awaken a pro-democracy movement in America?
To the alarm and indignation of the rich and powerful who rule the United States, a group of audacious, creative, and gutsy activists have touched the imagination and the conscience of the world by "occupying" a small park near the symbolic heart of global capitalism ââ¬â Wall Street.
Chamber of Commerce falsely portrays hotel case to attack NLRB
An anti-union front organization set up and controlled by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is using a recent decision by the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") involving our union to ludicrously portray the government agency as "activist" and "anti-employer."
Women hotel workers in Cambodia fight illegal mass firings
Workers unfairly terminated for trade union organizing at the five star Angkor Village Hotel and Angkor Village Botanical Resort Hotel in Siem Reap, Cambodia, are fighting for their rights, their jobs and their union - and need your support.
Our new industry-wide contract makes national news
Many news sources including the New York Times, the New York Daily News and the Huffington Post ran stories about our union's new Industry Wide Agreement.
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.
Our union and health benefits featured in The American Prospect
Our union and our benefit funds' health care plan were recently featured in two glowing American Prospect articles.
HTC members vote overwhelmingly to approve new IWA
A new contract with Hotel Association Bargaining Group was ratified with 99.4% in favor.
2012 industry-wide agreement sets new standards
February 29, 2012
The Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO has successfully concluded early negotiations for a new Industry-Wide Agreement with the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (the organization that represents the city's hotel owners), covering about 21,000 of the union's 32,000 members.
City Council Speaker Quinn praises health center system
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn praised the Health Center system in her State of the City address last month, adding that the Freelancers Union, which represents self-employed workers, would build a similar system with the support of government funding.
US Senator Gillibrand announces re-election run at HTC
On March 19th, United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand accepted the New York State Democratic Party's nomination to run for re-election at our union's headquarters.
