AH&LA Praises Tentative New York City Labor Agreement; Urges the Union and Hilton to Reach an Agreement Soon.WASHINGTON -- The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) commends the Hotel Association of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. (HANYC HANYC Hotel Association of New York City ) and the New York City Hotel Trades Council for reaching a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. "I want to congratulate both these groups for coming together and reaching a fair agreement that continues to recognize the valuable contributions of New York City hotel employees," said AH&LA President/CEO, Joseph McInerney, CHA. "Our position has always been that local problems require local solutions, and this agreement is an example of putting that into practice." The board of directors of the Hotel Association ratified the agreement today, and it will be voted on by the Union's membership on Thursday, June 22. The membership is expected to overwhelmingly ratify the deal. The tentative agreement will cover more than 100 hotels in the city, but does not include the Hilton Hotels Corporation Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE: HLT) is one of the leading global hospitality companies. As of April 2007 there are 2,645 hotels and 485,000 rooms employing 105,000 people in more than 80 countries. . "We are disappointed the union chose to exclude the Hilton Hotels Corporation from the negotiations in New York City in an attempt to pressure the company to give in to the national UNITE HERE UNITE HERE is a labor union with more than 450,000 active members in the United States and Canada, predominantly in the hotel, food service, apparel and textile manufacturing, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. union's organizing agenda," McInerney continued. "Hilton Hotels
"It is also our hope the national UNITE HERE union and the local unions that are negotiating contracts in cities across the country will focus on their area issues that are important to the hotel workers and the community." Serving the hospitality industry for nearly a century, AH&LA is the sole national association representing all sectors and stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. in the lodging industry, including individual hotel property members, hotel companies, student and faculty members, and industry suppliers. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., AH&LA provides members with national advocacy on Capitol Hill, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and image management, education, research and information, and other value-added services to provide bottom line savings and ensure a positive business climate for the lodging industry. Partner state associations provide local representation and additional cost-saving benefits to members. |
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