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City Council Hearing on Illegal Hotels Draws Huge Turnout
Hundreds of members of our Union were joined by many members of the public at a January 20th New York City Council hearing regarding the law that prohibits people from renting out their apartments for under 30 days.
HTC Members Canvass in Georgia to Re-Elect Reverend Raphael Warnock!
In mid-November, after it was announced that Reverend Raphael Warnock (D) was heading into a run-off election, a group of our members joined hundreds of UNITE HERE members from around the country in Duluth, Georgia to re-elect the Senator. Read more...
Will “Occupy Wall Street” awaken a pro-democracy movement in America?
To the alarm and indignation of the rich and powerful who rule the United States, a group of audacious, creative, and gutsy activists have touched the imagination and the conscience of the world by "occupying" a small park near the symbolic heart of global capitalism ââ¬â Wall Street.
Let’s Look at the Issues
In a vote where workers are deciding whether they want to be represented by a union it is not unusual for employers to interfere. That interference often comes in the form of threats of relocating the business or going out of business altogether, as well as legal maneuvers to stall or call off the vote, and intimidation tactics such as surveillance and even the firing of workers who openly support the union.
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.
NYC City Council passes and Mayor de Blasio signs law protecting hotel workers and guests
September 30, 2020 3:10 PM
Last Wednesday, by a vote of 45 to 4, the NYC City Council passed, and on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed, a new law which will provide vital security for New York City hotel workers, and which will also greatly enhance consumer protections for people traveling to our city.
HTC President Rich Maroko commented, “40,000 HTC members and their families applaud and thank the mayor, the speaker, and all our friends in the City Council for acting decisively to enact critical measures to prevent a small, unscrupulous segment of the hotel owners in this city from exploiting the COVID-19 disaster to profiteer. We are fortunate to have elected officials in this city and state who have acted courageously and responsibly in these terrible times.” Read more...
Minimum Wage Increase Announced by Governor Cuomo; The Good News Is Delivered in our auditorium
Saying that the sweetest success is shared success, Governor Andrew Cuomo came to our Union’s auditorium on February 24 to announce some very good news for the state’s working poor
Some Union Notes On Labor Day
With America observing Labor Day on the date of this edition of Hotel Voice, it is certainly a good time to recognize the historic gains that the union movement has made for their members and for all working men and women in the U.S.
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.
