Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel workers went on strike on Sunday demanding pay hikes and improved benefits in a region where high housing costs make it difficult for low-wage earners to live close to where they hold jobs, union officials said.
his decision is consistent with a long line of State and Federal cases, and is expected to have a significant impact on employment practices in the state, including hotels and everyone in the hospitality industry.
Whitbread set out a pay support package to help its UK-based hourly-paid team members, recognising the challenges being faced as a result of increases in the cost-of-living.
Union Watchdog Releases Labor Day Report Detailing Unite Here Local 11 Pandemic Failure
Largest MainStay Suites Hotel Opens As Brand Debuts in the Greater Los Angeles Area
Designed by award-winning Balongue Design, the boutique hotel features 36 residentially inspired guestrooms including 12 suites, featuring bold floral murals set behind tufted leather headboards, spa-inspired baths, jewel-toned furnishings and river or mountain views.
Facing impending trial, Le Merigot hotel signs settlement agreement
When Jonathan Tisch, conference chair of the 41st annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, opened the event last month in New York, he wasted no time in addressing a core issue currently facing the lodging industry: dealing with the country’s current entry-level labor shortage or as he put it, 'keeping our talent pipeline full.'
Voters in Long Beach, California passed an initiative in November 2018 that affects all hotels in Long Beach with more than 50 hotel rooms. The Hotel Workplace Requirements and Restrictions Initiative Ordinance, known as the 'Panic Button Initiative' places new requirements and restrictions on hotel owners and puts non-union hotels at a disadvantage.
Sereno Hotels announced Le Sereno St. Barth will reopen and welcome back guests on December 1, 2018. Following damage from the passing of Hurricane Irma in September 2017, the Contreras family decided to demolish and to completely rebuild from scratch a significant part of the property, including more than half the rooms and all the public spaces.
In the first citywide hotel strike Chicago has experienced, 26 hotels are without housekeepers, doormen, cooks, bartenders, and attendants. The strike began on Friday, September 7 with 25 hotels, and the following Monday workers at Cambria Hotel walked out on their shifts to join the strike.
Fujita Kanko Inc. will open Hotel Gracery Seoul in the capital city of South Korea on August 31st. This is the first Hotel Gracery property that the company is opening outside Japan.
The LINK has eliminated many procedures typical of traditional hotels: no cash transactions, no reception desk, no bellboys and no concierge. The helpful multi-tasking 24/7 Service Crew operates on an 'Everyone does everything' basis.
Two recent holdings by the U.S. Supreme Court have been hailed as 'victories' for employees seeking personal accommodations under civil rights law. However, a new analysis from the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) finds little real change - along with considerable confusion - regarding the Court’s actual holding.
Work rules in union contracts were a key focus of the roundtable produced this year by the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor & Employment Relations (CIHLER). As explained by roundtable chair David Sherwyn, the 2015 Labor and Management Roundtable could be considered a historic entry in the roundtable series.
The rule significantly alters the timeframe for representation elections in the workplace, shortening it from the current median time of 38 days down to as few as 10 days.
Majority of Chicagoans Polled Prefer One Statewide Wage, Recognize Negative Impact of $13 Starting Wage
Entry-Level Positions and Convention Center Plans at Risk; Workers in Other Industries Left Without Similar Economic Support
Both employers and employees can be well served by arbitration when it comes to addressing workplace issues, according to a new report from the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) and the Center for Hospitality Research (CHR).
Are the two teams who batted for the NCAA Basketball Title considered employee groups, subject to collective bargaining and unionization? At least one regional National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the football team at Northwestern is just that, moving into unusual, uncharted territory.
This diverse group - with individuals representing labor/unions, hospitality management, and neutral viewpoints - will provide advice and recommendations to help shape the direction of the institute and improve hospitality labor relations.
It has been recently announced by the Brazilian Government that it will authorize the tourism sector (hotels, inns, hostels, bars and restaurants) to hire workers without registration on their work card, during the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics events.
Within this new relationship, UNITE HERE has agreed to immediately terminate its campaign and activities against HEI and its hotels, investors, clients, guests, partners and representatives.
Meliá Hotels International yesterday signed a global agreement with the International Union of Food, Agricultural and Hotel Workers, IUF-UITA, to promote social dialogue, ensure compliance with the fundamental rights of workers, and strengthen its commitment to the more than 38,000 employees who form part of the company.
The event will be held Monday, November 11, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt New York, 7:30–10:00 a.m. A networking breakfast will precede the panel discussion.