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How Hotel Workers Got Eligibility and Access to the COVID-19 Vaccine

In early March, our Union secured two major developments related to the COVID-19 vaccine. First, hotel workers became eligible to receive the vaccine in New York and in New Jersey. Second, our Union was able to begin efficiently distributing the vaccine to our New York City members through our own health centers. Read more...

Let’s Look at the Issues

This week a Tea Party favorite named Dan Patrick won a Republican primary race in Texas for the position of Lieutenant Governor. In his victory speech he said that Tea Party people love the Second Amendment. He said this right after another madman had killed six innocent people in Santa Barbara, California, in still another episode of senseless gun violence.

New Agreement Reached to Extend the Industry-Wide Contract

Last June, the Union and the Hotel Association reached a tentative deal that would extend our Industry Wide Agreement, or “IWA,” to 2024.

Number of hotels in Lower Manhattan triples

The Alliance for Downtown New York has released a report on the condition of Lower Manhattan ten years after its devastation on September 11, 2001. It concludes that Lower Manhattan has made a stunning recovery, one remarkable in terms of both growth and momentum.

Winning Better Contracts

When HTC President Rich Maroko announced our Union’s strategic plan last year, we were just months away from the expiration of the GRIWA and Upstate Casino contracts. Those negotiations were tough – but in the end, we left the bargaining table with landmark contracts that dramatically increased wages, protected benefits, and established brand new funds and rights that will pave the way for our Union’s future. Read more...

A Report from HTC President Rich Maroko

By HTC President Rich Maroko

Ever since the COVID-19 crisis decimated the tourism industry and brought on mass layoffs in March 2020, our Union has been working every angle to get as many members back on the job as quickly as possible. Read more...