190 Search Results for "Workers' Rights"
Support labor activist fighting for human rights in Thailand
Thai Fruit Processor, Natural Fruit Company Ltd, filed criminal and civil lawsuits against British Labor Activists, Andy Hall, after a report, which he worked on, detailing the company's alleged human rights violations was published.
HTC wins recognition at the Courtyard Marriott Midtown East
On August 1, 2017 workers in the Rooms, Casual Dining, and Repairs & Maintenance departments at the Courtyard Marriott Midtown East Hotel won Union representation by HTC.
Jackpot! Racino workers see their wages double in first contract
History was made this week when Hotel Trades Council members employed at the Resorts World racino in Queens saw their wages hiked almost 100 percent. The nearly 1,400 workers now have a contract and, with the stroke of an arbitrator’s pen, they saw their earnings rise to a level that brings them into the middle class. It was a story so compelling, it received extensive coverage in New York City’s two biggest newspapers, both of which described the turn of events as “hitting the jackpot.”
Fighting For Social Justice Since 1939
The Hotel Trades Council, AFL-CIO (HTC), has a rich and proud history as a progressive, fighting union. For more than 80 years, it has made life better for literally hundreds of thousands of hotel workers and the members of their families.
HTC was founded in the late 1930's in a massive campaign to organize workers in the New York City hotel industry.
Marriott Marquis Workers Win Union Recognition After 35 Years
Last week, our Union finally succeeded in organizing the largest and oldest non-union hotel in New York City, the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square. HTC won recognition as the collective bargaining representative of the workers in the hotel’s housekeeping department. This victory marks the end of a 35-year union avoidance campaign at the hotel by Marriott. Read more...
Arizona violates U.S. Constitution to attack unions
The National Labor Relations Board filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Arizona on May 6 and announced it expected to file a similar suit against the State of South Dakota within the next several weeks, to challenge recent changes to the two states' constitutions designed to prevent workers from organizing unions, and blatantly violative of the United States Constitution.
100% ratification at the Night Hotel
Employees at the Night Hotel on West 45th Street are delighted after they voted unanimously on March 4, 2011, to approve their first union contract and it's an excellent one.
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."
