News
HTC is working to ensure Aqueduct jobs are union
August 2, 2009 8:00 PM
While bidders are vying to win the state contract for the redevelopment of Aqueduct race track, the Hotel Trades Council is actively involved in ensuring that the approximately 1,000 full-time jobs at the site will be union jobs.
More new hotel rooms coming to Midtown
August 1, 2009 8:00 PM
A new 48-story skyscraper under construction in midtown Manhattan plans to house both a hotel and condominiums.
HTC set for major effort in 2009 elections
July 27, 2009 8:00 PM
The Hotel Trades Council is one of only a few NYC unions capable of making a real difference in the outcome of city elections. With both considerable experience and membership organization, the union is set to play an even larger role in the 2009 elections than it did in 2005.
Contract negotiations: What’s got to go
July 22, 2009 8:00 PM
At the Hilton Membership Meeting last Thursday, Local 610 President, Felix Mejias shared his thoughts regarding the upcoming negotiations.
Soviet-Style “Justice” at the Condado Plaza
July 22, 2009 8:00 PM
This week, managers at the Condado Plaza reached new lows of injustice by resorting to the barbaric practice of inflicting collective punishment on innocent employees for the suspected act of one unknown person.
Water and decency for workers in short supply at the El San Juan
Noticias desde la Gastronomica — July 22, 2009
Hery Adorno, a doorman for almost 20 years at the El San Juan Hotel, wonders each day if it will be his last. "I am afraid I will die of a stroke because management will not allow me to take a sip of water so that I can take my medicine when I feel faint," he admitted to Liz Guerra, a union organizer.
Federal minimum wage increase leaves out servers and bartenders
July 22, 2009 8:00 PM
Despite the recent increase in the federal minimum wage for many workers, the minimum wage for servers and bartenders will remain at $2.13 per hour, the same level it has been for the last 18 years.
Cheap non-union hotels cut costs and risk fire
July 21, 2009 8:00 PM
An electrical contractor violated the city building code and used wood, not metal which is fireproof for the fireproof "collars" that enclose electrical wires in at least four non-union Midtown hotels.
Yet another hotel planned for downtown Brooklyn
July 20, 2009 8:00 PM
A new boutique hotel is set to be built at 231 Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn on a block already laden with three other hotels.
Three new hotels open in Midtown
July 16, 2009 8:00 PM
Three more non-union hotels developed by Sam Chang and operating out of a single building on West 39th Street have opened in Manhattan.
Senators change a key section of EFCA
July 16, 2009 8:00 PM
Moderate democrat senators have weakened a key provision of the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that, if passed, will make it easier for workers to obtain union representation.
Sec. of Labor Hilda R. Solis is first Hispanic woman to serve in cabinet
July 5, 2009 8:00 PM
President Barack Obama's appointment of Hilda R. Solis to Secretary of Labor makes her the first Hispanic woman to serve in the cabinet.
Three leading contenders fight for lease to run Tavern on the Green
July 4, 2009 8:00 PM
According to a recent article in the New York Post, the three frontrunners in the contest to run Tavern on the Green are the current owner, an owner of two high-profile Manhattan event spaces, and the owner of the Boathouse in Central Park.
Former union coal miner looks to become new AFL-CIO president
July 2, 2009 8:00 PM
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka is running to become president of the AFL-CIO when current president John Sweeney retires in September.
AFL-CIO unhappy with NY State Senate
June 29, 2009 8:00 PM
In the wake of this year's senate disaster, the New York AFL-CIO has vowed to reevaluate which candidates the 2.5 million-member union will be supporting in the 2010 elections.
New eco-friendly hotel planned for Lower Manhattan
June 29, 2009 8:00 PM
Shalimar Management has announced plans to build an eco-friendly hotel at 100 Varick Street in Lower Manhattan.
Extell lays groundwork for three new NYC hotels
June 29, 2009 8:00 PM
Extell Development has filed plans to build two new hotels and one combined hotel and residential building in Manhattan.
Member’s son featured in NY Times article on valedictorians
June 27, 2009 8:00 PM
Christian Monsalve, the son of Hotel Trades Council member Rafael Monsalve, was featured in a NY Times article profiling high school valedictorians in New York City.
Unions are good for business
June 22, 2009 8:00 PM
With a depressed economy and widespread anti-union hostilities from businesses, organized labor could be an unexpected part of the solution the country's economical woes.
LeRoy family fights to retain right to operate Tavern on the Green
June 21, 2009 8:00 PM
Following in the path blazed by the successful "Save the Plaza" campaign of 2005, the owners of Tavern on the Green have launched "Keep Tavern on the Green."
