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Union Victory: NJ Governor agrees to expand vaccine eligibility to include hospitality workers
On Monday, March 1st, Governor Phil Murphy announced that hospitality workers in New Jersey will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine beginning on March 29th. HTC President Rich Maroko and our political team have been advocating for vaccine eligibility for hotel workers in New Jersey and are thrilled by this announcement. Read more...
Mexico-based hotel group to open small, luxury hotel in Chelsea
This spring, Grupo Habita plans to open the 56-room Hotel Americano in Chelsea - its first hotel in the United States. ÃÂ The Mexico-based company will join a growing number of multinational companies planning, or already owning and operating, hotels in Manhattan.
Our Union Health Centers are doing coronavirus testing
March 13, 2020 1:30 PM
As of Friday, March 13, all four of our Union Health Centers in New York City began Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing of HTC-represented workers covered by our Industry-Wide Health Benefit Plan and their eligible dependents, at no cost to participants and their dependents. However, the supply of test kits our health centers have is very limited at this stage due to the nation-wide shortage.
Hyatt plans to spend $1.8M per room at new Park Hyatt
Hyatt Hotels Corp. is building a 90-story, 201-room hotel in Manhattan at 157 West 57th Street.
NYC Public School Parents: Opt Into Blended Learning By November 15th
November 4, 2020 7:45 PM
The New York City Department of Education has announced that the parents of NYC public school students who are enrolled in remote learning have until November 15, 2020 to decide if they want to enroll their child in “blended learning” (a mix of both in-person and online/remote learning) for the rest of the school year.
After November 15th, students who are enrolled in remote-only learning will not be able to change their minds. Read more...
Yet another hotel planned for downtown Brooklyn
A new boutique hotel is set to be built at 231 Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn on a block already laden with three other hotels.
Hotels keep going up: what does this mean for HTC members?
Despite an unprecedented surge of hotel-building in the city from 2008 through 2010, an additional 40 hotels are already scheduled for completion by 2013. A significant number of these new hotels are (or will be) non-union and determined to remain that way. Every non-union hotel is a direct threat to the continuation of the rights, protections, and benefits generations of our members have fought for and won.
Health Centers Receive National Recognition for Providing High Quality Diabetes Care
Congratulations are once again in order for our Union’s Health Centers! Already recognized by the City of New York’s Department of Health for an outstanding program to help members stop smoking, the Health Centers recently earned another prestigious distinction. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) has announced that the Health Centers have received recognition for providing high quality care to patients with diabetes.
Pierre Hotel awarded Five Diamond rating
The Pierre Hotel, a union shop, has been awarded a 2010 AAA Five Diamond rating, which places it in an elite group of only 113 hotels in American, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
