News
Tavern sues City for extension of its time to vacate
October 13, 2009 8:00 PM
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.
Republicans oppose President’s Dept. of Labor nominee
October 13, 2009 8:00 PM
Republicans in Congress are blocking President Barack Obama's nominee for the important position of Solicitor in the U.S. Department of Labor.
City challenges Tavern on the Green operators for name
October 12, 2009 8:00 PM
The city's Department of Parks and Recreation has declared it will fight for ownership of the name Tavern on the Green, which was trademarked by the restaurant's current operators in 1981.
HTC wins labor peace agreement with MoMA tower developer
October 8, 2009 8:00 PM
Despite initial resistance, the NY Hotel Trades Council has secured a labor peace agreement with the project developer Hines on a planned 120-room hotel in a tower adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art.
Fourth Aqueduct Race Track bidder signs labor agreement
October 5, 2009 8:00 PM
A fourth Aqueduct Race Track bidder has signed a labor peace agreement with the NY Hotel Trades Council, clearing one more obstacle in the bidding war to operate a giant racino at the track.
Sam Chang: non-stop builder of NYC hotels
October 3, 2009 8:00 PM
No one has built more hotels in New York City than Sam Chang who, to date, has built 37 and has an additional 22 in the works.
Ordinance to protect jobs of hotel workers clears hurdle in Providence
October 1, 2009 8:00 PM
An ordinance to protect workers' jobs for up to six months following a change in management has cleared the first of two City Council hurdles in Providence, Rhode Island.
Fired Hyatt housekeepers keep fighting, gain more support
October 1, 2009 8:00 PM
The Boston housekeepers Hyatt fired in August want their original jobs back and have rejected the replacement positions Hyatt arranged for them with a temporary staffing agency.
Boston room attendants fight on to win back jobs Hyatt outsourced
September 30, 2009 8:00 PM
Hyatt Hotels has unsuccessfully tried to quell the firestorm of criticism that followed its firing of 98 Boston housekeepers by promising them new jobs at their old wages.
Five days of negotiations in Puerto Rico: Slow pace, some progress
September 28, 2009 8:00 PM
Union negotiations with Hilton, began on September 9th and lasted for 5 days. Held in the Colegio de Abogados, on Ave Ponce de Leon, the negotiations were heavily attended by employees from the three Hilton hotels.
New hotel activity continues in Manhattan
September 28, 2009 8:00 PM
New hotel construction remains lively across the city, with international companies opening their first properties here and previously stalled projects resuming.
Historic NYC hotel has a role in museum’s Lincoln exhibition
September 26, 2009 8:00 PM
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln traveled to New York City, where on February 27 he delivered the speech that turned him from a little-known politician from the Midwest into the presidential candidate who ultimately triumphed in the election.
700 HTC members: “We’ll fight to protect our rights!”
September 26, 2009 8:00 PM
More than 700 workers from both Tavern on the Green and union hotels rallied in Central Park September 25, sending a message to newly-designated Tavern operator Dean Poll that they would fight to protect the Tavern workers' union jobs and union contract.
Poll’s “proposals” re Tavern contract flatly unacceptable to HTC
September 24, 2009 8:00 PM
Peter Ward, president of the Hotel Trades Council, has called Central Park Boathouse restaurant operator Dean Poll's initial Tavern on the Green proposal "an insult, an atrocity and a slap in the face of not only this union but every New Yorker."
Ramada Plaza Hotel at JFK set to close in December
September 24, 2009 8:00 PM
The Ramada Plaza Hotel at JFK is set to close its doors December 1.
Boston Hyatt fires 100 housekeepers; Governor calls for boycott
September 22, 2009 8:00 PM
Hyatt Hotel Corporation fired 100 non-union housekeepers at three Boston-area hotels and subcontracted their jobs to workers from a Georgia-based staffing agency.
Three NYC union hotels certify as “green”
September 21, 2009 8:00 PM
Three New York City hotels, all a part of the NY Hotel Trades Council, have been certified as "green" for their commitment to reduce waste and pollution and to conserve energy and water.
New leader of AFL-CIO hammers Wall Street
September 21, 2009 8:00 PM
In one of his first acts as the new head of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka issued broad warnings to Wall Street's "apostles of greed" that the labor movement was prepared to battle them if they did not change their ways.
Crystal Lee Sutton, union organizer who inspired Oscar-winning film Norma Rae, dies at 68
September 19, 2009 8:00 PM
Crystal Lee Sutton, a fierce union activist and defender of working people whose own story inspired the Oscar award-winning film Norma Rae died September 11 at age 68 from brain cancer.
Unite Here rejoins AFL-CIO
September 16, 2009 8:00 PM
Unite Here rejoined the AFL-CIO "House of Labor" September 17 at the AFL-CIO's national convention.
