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Rivers Casino Workers Ratify Their First Contract
An excellent new first contract has been successfully negotiated by our union for the 800 employees of the Rivers Resort and Casino in Schenectady, New York. It was ratified by the workers with a resounding 98% majority on October 17th and 18th. The casino/resort signed on to HTC’s Greater Regional Industry Wide Agreement (the "GRIWA"), which is our union’s recently established landmark master contract for upstate New York, Northern New Jersey and the suburbs of New York City.U.S. Department of Labor: Union membership has big advantages
Every year or so Hotel Voice prints information showing the advantages workers have when they are union members. The information is based on statistics gathered by the federal government through the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A Game-Changer: The HTC Contract At Rivers Casino
The newly signed first union contract between HTC and Rivers Casino & Resort is a game-changer for 800 workers and their families. It will significantly improve their standard of living and their lives at work and vastly multiply their legal rights.
Wall Street Journal: Union Hotel Workers in New York Suburbs Score Biggest Pay Raise in 100 Years
Last week, our Union’s leadership announced a new Greater Regional Industry Wide Agreement (“GRIWA” for short) for nearly 7,000 members who work in Northern New Jersey, Westchester, Upstate New York, and Long Island. The Wall Street Journal released an exclusive about the groundbreaking new contract on Monday, highlighting the historic wage increases and benefits. Read more...
Update: Senate passes $2 trillion stimulus plan; bill moves to the House for a vote
March 25, 2020 7:30 PM
The $2 trillion dollar stimulus bill will now move to the House, which is expected to take up the bill and pass it on Friday. At that point it will be sent to the President for his signature. Once it is signed it will become law.
Union Displays People Power
The Hotel Trades Council once again showed its tremendous strength on recently, when members and staff traveled to Albany to join with affordable housing advocates to meet with elected officials in our state's capital.
The Loss of an American Hero: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
October 14, 2020 2:22 PM
By President Rich Maroko
Our nation lost a brilliant legal mind and tireless advocate for equality on Friday, September 18th, with the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Ginsburg was a whip-smart litigator, champion for women’s rights, and fierce defender of the most vulnerable Americans. Read more...
13 Hotels Ratify Their First Contracts!
Unbelievably, during what has been one of the absolute worst times to negotiate, our Union has succeeded in getting contracts with big improvements. Read more...
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.
