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This Is Black History Month

Since February is Black History Month we thought we would bring out a photo from the Union’s archives and share it with you.

HTC building goes green; enlists in program to conserve electricity

The NY Hotel Trades Council is doing its part to be an environmentally responsible organization and last year joined a program to conserve electricity.

Let’s Look at the Issues

Let’s hear it for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand! She has introduced legislation that would allow millions of college graduates to reduce their debt on student loans by refinancing at a lower interest rate. Furthermore, she has called on President Obama to lead the charge on this effort.

Architect, Construction Company Chosen for New Brooklyn Health Center

Although groundbreaking on the new Brooklyn Health Center will not occur until September, 2014, a considerable amount of work on the facility is already underway. As examples, after careful consideration the Benefit Funds office has retained an architectural firm to design the new Brooklyn Health Center, as well as the construction company that will build it.

Members Celebrate the GRIWA Ratification

Not even monsoon-like rains could keep hundreds of members from packing a room at the Newark Hilton Penn Station on April 16 to celebrate the ratification of the new Greater Regional Industry Wide Contract, also known as the GRIWA.

It was a boisterous crowd and everyone was in a celebratory mood.

The meeting was opened by HTC  General Counsel and Executive Vice President Richard Maroko, who explained in the simplest terms what the contract meant.

HTC, other unions use their political power to help workers

Throughout the city, unions, including the NY Hotel Trades Council, are using their political power in fights to better the conditions of their members and other working people.

A Look Back at Our Union’s History

Along with many well known figures like Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, there are many lesser known giants of the Civil Rights movement. One of them, Franklin McCain, passed away this week.

Why de Blasio’s the Candidate for Working Families

Throughout most of the last century, if you had a job at a manufacturing plant, it was hard work, but it also meant stability and opportunity. Whether you worked with steel, textiles, rubber or any of the industries that fueled America's economy, it meant you could have a house, a car and the ability to put food on the table for your family.

While many of those jobs no longer exist, their legacy of unionized work creating a pathway to the middle class lives on in the hotel industry. Hotel workers are the modern-day manufacturing plant worker.

Outer boroughs riding wave of new hotel development

According to the Wall Street Journal, about 19 new hotels are currently being built in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, with dozens more in the planning stages.

Tavern sues City for extension of its time to vacate

The LeRoy family, the current operators of Tavern on the Green, are seeking to keep the restaurant open an additional 90 days beyond the December 31, 2009, end of their existing least term.