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Massey Energy's "corporate risk-taking" killed 29 miners
NYHTC, September 15, 2011 - he explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in 2010 took the lives of 29 miners and devastated their families and communities. Two major investigations into its causes have made absolutely clear what the miners knew long before the April 5, 2010, explosion happened: the mine was a death trap, and Massey Energy, the owner, didn't care. [more...]
Related issues: Health And Safety, Workers' Rights, Politics

EDITORIAL: The peculiar institution of US immigration policy
NYHTC, August 7, 2011 - [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Immigrant Rights

Republican outrage over NLRB efforts to enforce labor law against Boeing
NYHTC, July 13, 2011 - In a move that has provoked the fury of America's right-wing politicians, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint on April 20 against the Boeing Company for transferring aircraft assembly work out of state in retaliation against its unionized workers. That case took a step forward on June 14 as both sides appeared before a Seattle administrative law judge (ALJ) for an evidentiary hearing. [more...]
Related issues: Union Busting, Politics

Arizona violates U.S. Constitution to attack unions
NYHTC, June 13, 2011 - The National Labor Relations Board filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Arizona on May 6 and announced it expected to file a similar suit against the State of South Dakota within the next several weeks, to challenge recent changes to the two states' constitutions designed to prevent workers from organizing unions, and blatantly violative of the United States Constitution. [more...]
Related issues: Union Busting, NLRB, Politics

NYC cracks down on "illegal hotels"
NYHTC, June 8, 2011 - Under a new state law effective May 1, New York City has started cracking down on owners who operate their residential buildings as "illegal hotels". Inspectors from the New York City Office of Special Enforcement started conducting inspections of properties, many of which had already been the subject of complaints by the long-term tenants who resided in the buildings. [more...]
Related issues: Illegal Hotels, Politics

Wisconsin anti-union bill becomes law but battle far from over
NYHTC, April 19, 2011 - On March 9 and 10, Wisconsin's Republican state senators and representatives passed legislation that stripped almost all of the state's 175,000 public employees of their collective bargaining rights and simultaneously enfeebled the unions that represented them. Governor Scott Walker signed the bill into law the following morning. The bill is nothing less than the use of state power to suppress democratic dissent, and is worthy of the worst third world dictatorship. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Union Busting

Media coverage of national labor battle
NYHTC, March 23, 2011 - Bills aimed at weakening and ultimately eradicating labor unions continue to be pushed aggressively in state legislatures across the country. Ominously, this is true even in states where, for generations, unions have been strongest – where it became possible for working families to constitute America's great middle class. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Union Busting

Prank call shows Wisconsin Governor Walker in billionaire benefactor's pocket
NYHTC, March 23, 2011 - Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin received a telephone call from an individual he believed to be his politically conservative billionaire benefactor (but who was in fact someone posing as him). Walker eagerly reported on what he and the state's Republican legislators are doing to, not for, the working people of the state and the 14 state senators who have been fighting for them. [more...]
Related issues: Politics

Wisconsin union-busting law blocked by judge
NYHTC, March 23, 2011 - Wisconsin's Dane County District Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary order blocking Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's widely criticized union busting law from taking effect. The law was blocked on the grounds that the vote on the bill violated Wisconsin's open meeting laws, which require sufficient advance notice of any legislative vote. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Union Busting

Key City Council group meets with Boathouse workers
Hotel Voice, March 21, 2011 - Five of the Boathouse employees fired for union activity appeared at a meeting of the city council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus on Monday, March 14. [more...]
Related issues: Loeb Boathouse, Politics, Dean Poll

Billionaires spend big on efforts that will weaken unions, hurt workers
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - Billionaires Charles and David Koch are now using their enormous wealth to contribute to the crushing of public sector unions–despite the injury that will inevitably be inflicted on millions of middle class working people across the United States. A recent article in The New York Times explored the nature of their involvement. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Economics

Union-busting in state capitols
NYHTC, March 8, 2011 - In Wisconsin, as well as Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and other states, government workers are fighting hard to protect their unions against attempts by Republican governors and legislatures to crush any viable political opposition to their rule. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Union Busting

U.S. corporate tax laws full of loopholes
NYHTC, February 16, 2011 - While the federal corporate tax rate is 35 percent, there are so many loopholes in the tax laws that many corporations pay far less than their fair share in taxes. Despite the obvious need to make corporations pay a reasonable tax rate, political leaders do not have the courage to try to make them do this. [more...]
Related issues: Economy, Politics

U.S. working class hit hardest by falling wages, unemployment
NYHTC, February 16, 2011 - Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times discuss the falling wages and increasing unemployment that continue to plague the American workforce even as some sections of the economy and other nations' economies recover from the recent recession.  Workers are still suffering from the economic implosion despite the fact that corporate profits "have more than recovered, rising 12% since late 2007." The main cause of this "jobless recovery" is the basic structure of the American economy – one where employers function with few restraints.   [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Economy

NY unions stand up to political attacks on workers' pensions
NYHTC, February 16, 2011 - State and local politicians in New York seem unwilling to recognize that Wall Street and corporate executives, not government workers, are to blame for the budget deficits the politicians must now confront. This is no surprise; their counterparts in a number of other states are also behaving as if the pension benefits of government workers are solely responsible for their states' budgetary difficulties. [more...]
Related issues: Politics

NLRB prepared to sue to protect key provision of NLRA
NYHTC, February 2, 2011 - In a January 14, 2011, press release, the National Labor Relations Board announced it is prepared to bring suit to invalidate amendments in four state constitutions that abrogate a key portion of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board has concluded these amendments restrict the rights available to workers–and employers–under Section 7 of the NLRA, and are thus violative of the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution and cannot legally be applied or enforced. [more...]
Related issues: NLRB, Politics, NLRA

Violations issued for illegal hotel rooms
NYHTC, December 22, 2010 - DNAinfo reported 12 apartments in an East 10th Street apartment building have been illegally altered, and Hotel Toshi, a company that offers short-term accommodations in some Manhattan and Brooklyn apartment buildings, was charged with a number of violations after area residents complained the property was being used as an illegal hotel. [more...]
Related issues: Illegal Hotels, Politics

Peter Ward named to Cuomo's transition committee
NYHTC, December 1, 2010 - NYHTC's President, Peter Ward, was named by Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo to the Committee on Economic Development and Labor, which will advise him during his transition. This committee will lead the effort to recruit and recommend new staff for the New York State agencies involved in job creation and economic growth. [more...]
Related issues: Peter Ward, Andrew Cuomo, Politics

Billionaires, money, and politics: Why you should be concerned
NYHTC, November 17, 2010 - A compelling New Yorker article by Jane Mayer examines how, to what extent, and to what end two of this country's richest and most privileged individuals use their enormous wealth to influence its elections, governance, and general political climate. [more...]
Related issues: Politics

Andrew Cuomo beats Carl Paladino for NY Governor
NYHTC, November 3, 2010 - HTC-endorsed Andrew Cuomo won the race for Governor by a wide margin over Republican millionaire Carl Paladino. [more...]
Related issues: Andrew Cuomo, Carl Paladino, Politics

Mr. Paladino, voters are entitled to know: why did you send those appalling emails?
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - After Carl Paladino sought to explain away his sending of racist, sexist, and pornographic emails as "poor judgment," New York Times columnist Bob Herbert urged him to make a "full, thoughtful explanation" of why he engaged in this offensive behavior. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino proposes prison dorms for welfare recipients
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - The Huffington Post reported that while seeking the Republican nomination for New York governor, Carl Paladino proposed turning "underused" prisons into dormitories for people receiving public assistance. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino says Speaker Sheldon Silver "'a criminal'"
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - Crain's reported that in speaking at a forum the publication sponsored, GOP candidate for governor Carl Paladino referred to Democratic New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as "'a criminal.'" [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino says Jewish politician Sheldon Silver "'fits the bill of an Antichrist or a Hitler'"
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - An article in the October 27, 2009, Niagara Falls Gazette recounted how an Erie County politician had earlier apologized and called a "'poor joke'" his having compared Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, an Orthodox Jew, "to Adolf Hitler and the Antichrist." This same article reported that Carl Paladino told attendees, at a public forum sponsored by the Niagara County Patriots, he didn't think the politician should have apologized. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino takes back his touted radical budget cut plan
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - One of the primary tenets of Carl Paladino's campaign for governor has been his plan to fix New York State's budget problems: a 20 percent spending cut, paired with a 10 percent tax cut.  Newsday reported, in an article the Boston Herald picked up, that the millionaire real estate developer told reporters his original plan was "unrealistic" and, according to experts, would take 18 months to two years to implement. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's campaign admits to lie about his army service
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - Last month, Carl Paladino's campaign manager, Michael Caputo, told Huffington Post editor Dan Collins that Paladino spent "'six months active duty with orders for Vietnam'" and was "'responsible for training 250 men during that time at Fort Bliss.'" [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Buffalo News editorial: Cuomo for governor: Attorney General is the only candidate who has a chance of reforming Albany
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - Even the Buffalo News, the hometown newspaper of Buffalo businessman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, has chosen not to endorse him for governor. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Andrew Cuomo, Politics

Paladino flip-flops on his innuendoes and unfounded allegations re Cuomo "'paramours'"
NYHTC, October 31, 2010 - Carl Paladino alleged Andrew Cuomo had had affairs while married to Kerry Kennedy, according to a September 29, 2010, article in POLITICO.com. Although asked during the POLITICO interview for substantiation of his allegation, he offered none. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's claim he negotiated university chancellor's release during student strike out of sync with news accounts, recollections of others
NYHTC, October 28, 2010 - The Syracuse Post-Standard identified some discrepancies in the GOP gubernatorial candidate's claim that he negotiated a "hostage" exchange during the 1970 Syracuse University student strike. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino flails away at his customary targets
NYHTC, October 28, 2010 - In a post-primary Associated Press interview, Carl Paladino expressed his disdain for Andrew Cuomo, Sheldon Silver, immigrants, the poor, and Medicaid benefits. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's "Dignity Corps" would increase government spending, not reform welfare
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - An article in the Buffalo News probed the potential ramifications of Carl Paladino's proposal to make New York's public assistance recipients, as well as its long-term unemployed, work for their benefits, which the former are already required to do by the federal welfare reform law of 1996, a significant piece of legislation Paladino seems to be unaware of. The primary difference between his proposal and what is already in effect is that Paladino would like to force the long-term unemployed to work for their benefits, like welfare recipients do. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino rents space to Planned Parenthood Clinic and claims tax exemption from the state for doing so
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - The New York Post has discovered that Carl Paladino, who fiercely opposes abortion because of his strong religious beliefs, nonetheless rents space to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Niagara Falls. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Two more sides of Carl Paladino: Gay basher and gay club landlord
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - The New York Daily News reported that not only had Carl Paladino rented space to two gay clubs in Buffalo but also that his son William had actually run one of the clubs. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Carl Paladino not the "outsider" he proclaims himself to be
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - Throughout his campaign, Carl Paladino has regularly railed both against Albany politicians and the special interests whose campaign contributions and insider status compromise the integrity of the legislative process. An analysis of campaign contributions conducted by the New York Times documents, however, that Paladino's conduct with respect to such contributions is consistent with that of a consummate insider. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

New York Times editorial: Mr. Paladino and the System
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - A trenchant editorial in the New York Times highlights the hypocrisy of Carl Paladino's condemnations of political "insiders" as his past conduct leaves no doubt he is very much one of them. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

New York Daily News editorial: Carl loses it: Paladino's rages, tantrums and threats aren't what's needed in a governor
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - A stinging editorial in the New York Daily News assessed Carl Paladino's fitness to hold the state's highest office and concluded his temperament is ill-suited to the challenges of the job. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Conservative Staten Island Borough president rejects Paladino, endorses Cuomo for governor
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - According to Staten Island Live, Staten Island Borough President James P. Molinaro, a member of the Conservative Party, has concluded that Carl Paladino "'lack[s] the temperament to be governor.'" [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics, Andrew Cuomo

Paladino campaign chairman says Paladino e-mailed "'some regrettable material'"
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - In the immediate aftermath of information seemingly tying gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino to emails that were racist and sexually explicit, his campaign manager acknowledged Paladino had sent "'e-mails with some regrettable material'" and "'[i]t's behavior that Carl regrets.'" [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

New York Post editorial: Bigot from Buffalo
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - Citing Carl Paladino's apparent forwarding of emails "studded with hard-core pornography and vile racism," some of which had been displayed by WNYMedia.net, the New York Post expressed reservations about aspects of his conduct. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's proposed budget cuts don't add up
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino spoke at a Crain's New York breakfast forum October 5, 2010, about his budget-cutting proposals for New York State. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's campaign profiteering
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - Articles in The Village Voice and the New York Daily News cite figures suggesting that whether he wins or loses the election in November, Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and his staff and other associates will have profited nicely from his "Paladino for the People" campaign. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino's remarks about gays produce verbal broadside of criticism and condemnation
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - News stories in the New York Times (and numerous other local and national media) reported on gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's spate of anti-gay statements. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Paladino nephew "very offended" by uncle's anti-gay remarks
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - According to articles in both the New York Post and Daily News, Carl Paladino attempted to use his 23-year old nephew, who is gay, as a shield against claims that Paladino is bigoted and homophobic. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

New York Times editorial: Politically crude
NYHTC, October 27, 2010 - In an editorial decrying the hate-filled character of this election cycle, the New York Times strongly criticized gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's contributions to its vile character. [more...]
Related issues: Carl Paladino, Politics

Union earns praise for massive Primary Election Day volunteer turnout
NYHTC, October 7, 2010 - The massive volunteer effort by NYHTC union members did not go unnoticed by New York City's political press. On Primary Day, the New York Observer reported on our union's massive volunteer turnout in support of Eric Schneiderman's successful bid for the Democratic nomination for State Attorney General. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Eric Schneiderman, Francisco Moya

New law cracks down on illegal hotels; mayor thanks HTC for support
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 - On July 23, 2010, a bill that will help the city shut down illegal hotels was signed into law by Governor David Paterson. [more...]
Related issues: Illegal Hotels, Politics, Mike Bloomberg, David Paterson

NYHTC wins accountability for hotel developments in Tribeca
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 - As reported in the New York Observer, the New York Hotel Trades Council has scored another political victory in its battle against anti-union hotel developers. According to the article, developers desiring to build a hotel larger than 100 rooms in northern Tribeca are going to have to secure a special permit before proceeding. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics

Republicans block labor lawyer's nomination to NLRB
Hotel Voice, February 22, 2010 - Can you imagine if the U.S. Supreme Court had five vacancies and yet was still issuing decisions that affected millions? [more...]
Related issues: NLRB, Politics

Senate Republicans block confirmation of President Obama's NLRB nominee
NYHTC, February 17, 2010 - Republican Senators succeeded in blocking a final vote on the appointment of labor lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. [more...]
Related issues: NLRB, Barack Obama, Politics

New Yorker named U.S. Department of Labor Solicitor
NYHTC, February 9, 2010 - New York's Commissioner of Labor, M. Patricia Smith, has been approved for the high-ranking position of Solicitor of the U.S. Department of Labor. [more...]
Related issues: Politics

Labor panel is stalled by dispute on nominees
NY Times, January 15, 2010 - A dispute involving Senator John McCain has left the National Labor Relations Board unable to decide its most important cases. [more...]
Related issues: NLRB, Politics, John McCain, Barack Obama

NYHTC members: "most sought-after ground troops in any campaign"
NYHTC, January 14, 2010 - The political prowess and hard work of New York Hotel Trades Council members continue to be recognized at high levels of the city's and state's government. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Michael Bloomberg

City Council holds firm on Kingsbridge Armory mall living wage requirement
NYHTC, January 5, 2010 - When Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his veto power to build a mall in the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx, the City Council held firm with its demand for a living wage. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, Politics, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, New Development

City Council rejects Kingsbridge Armory mall plan
NYHTC, December 15, 2009 - Members of the City Council overwhelmingly voted against a plan for a shopping mall inside the Kingsbridge Armory December 14. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, Politics, New Development, City Council

No deadline to pick an Aqueduct rasino winner
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 - The governor's office has not yet announced its decision as to which of the five remaining bidders will be awarded the contract to run the Aqueduct Race Track. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct, New Development, Politics

Some movement on Kingsbridge Armory mall wage issue
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 - A novel agreement in the negotiations to turn the Kingsbridge Armory into a shopping mall would call for the city to create a fund to subsidize the wages of employees. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, City Council, Michael Bloomberg, Politics

City Council has power to influence landmarks decision
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - Four City Council members have made known that they do not want jeopardized the project to build a hotel tower at Broadway and 57th in Manhattan. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, New Development

Still no decision on who will get go-ahead to operate Aqueduct Race track
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - A decision has yet to be reached by the necessary New York state political figures on which of the remaining bidders will get the nod to operate Aqueduct Racetrack, potentially the most lucrative site for gambling in the state. [more...]
Related issues: Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Organizing, Politics

NYHTC, other unions use their political power to help workers
NYHTC, November 25, 2009 - Throughout the city, unions, including the NY Hotel Trades Council, are using their political power in fights to better the conditions of their members and other working people. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

Labor, community coalition fight for living wage at proposed Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment
NYHTC, November 23, 2009 - A coalition of labor, community, religious, and political leaders are continuing their fight to ensure that the proposed redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx guarantees a living wage to the employees who would work there. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, Politics

Union helps Mayor Bloomberg achieve reelection
Hotel Voice, November 9, 2009 - In an election this week that many "experts" said would be a runaway, our union made the difference in a closer than expected vote that sent Mayor Bloomberg back to City Hall for another four years. Our union had close to 600 volunteers working for the Bloomberg campaign on Election Day. [more...]
Related issues: Michael Bloomberg, 2009 Elections, Politics

Mayor's campaign manager has high praise for NYHTC, members
NY Daily News & HTC-TV, November 5, 2009 - The Michael Bloomberg Campaign for Mayor credits the New York Hotel Trades Council with playing a key role in the mayor's reelection. The campaign counted heavily on the continuous efforts of the hundreds of reliable and well-trained New York Hotel Trades Council members who volunteered their time off to work on the mayor's reelection campaign, said campaign manager Bradley Tusk. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Michael Bloomberg, HTC-TV, Video, Politics

Bloomberg for Mayor
HTC-TV, November 4, 2009 - Over 600 New York Hotel Trades Council members came out to support Michael Bloomberg in his historic run to become Mayor for a third term. [more...]
Related issues: Michael Bloomberg, Politics, 2009 Elections

Wynn withdraws bid for Aqueduct racino development
Crain's NY Business, November 4, 2009 - Steve Wynn has dropped out of the bidding war to develop the Aqueduct racino. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Sheldon Silver, David Paterson, Organizing, Aqueduct Race Track

MoMA tower with hotel gets final approval
Crain's NY Business, October 28, 2009 - The MoMA mixed-use tower project has won approval from the New York City Council, clearing the way for the project to begin. [more...]
Related issues: Organizing, New Development, Politics

Tavern workers' jobs extended through the holiday season
Hotel Voice, October 26, 2009 - With Tavern on the Green's current lease set to expire on December 31, 2009, it was feared that the restaurant would have to close before the busy holiday season in order to have enough time to secure and resell its expensive paintings, furnishings and other fixtures. [more...]
Related issues: Tavern On The Green, Michael Bloomberg, Politics

Union volunteers campaign for Mayor Mike Bloomberg
Hotel Voice, October 26, 2009 - Now, hundreds of members of our union are working as volunteers on the campaign to re-elect him, including those seen in these photos. [more...]
Related issues: Michael Bloomberg, Politics, 2009 Elections

Building Trades supports Kingsbridge redevelopment after winning 1000 union jobs
NYHTC, October 23, 2009 - The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York announced its support of the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment October 23 after winning a guarantee from the developers that the 1,000 construction jobs the project will create will be union jobs. [more...]
Related issues: Kingsbridge Armory, New Development, Politics

Coalition including NYHTC fights for living wage jobs at Kingsbridge Armory
NY Times & Crain's NY Business, October 20, 2009 - A coalition of labor, religious, and local groups are fighting to insure that the Kingsbridge Armory project in the Bronx is "worker friendly." [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Kingsbridge Armory

Our choice for Mayor: Mike Bloomberg
Hotel Voice, October 19, 2009 - On April 5, 2005, New York City's Mayor Mike Bloomberg appeared before a membership meeting of our Union at Radio City Music Hall and told all of us that he truly appreciated the great things that tourism industry employees do for New York. They were not empty words. [more...]
Related issues: Michael Bloomberg, Politics, 2009 Elections

Fourth Aqueduct Race Track bidder signs labor agreement
NYHTC, October 6, 2009 - 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. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Organizing, Aqueduct Race Track

John Liu, Bill de Blasio win primaries
Hotel Voice, October 5, 2009 - John Liu and Bill de Blasio both emerged victorious from their September 29 run off elections. Liu, who is running for New York City Comptroller, received 56% of the vote on September 29, while de Blasio won almost two-thirds of the votes cast in his run off race. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Ordinance to protect jobs of hotel workers clears hurdle in Providence
Providence Journal, October 2, 2009 - 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. [more...]
Related issues: Subcontracting, Providence, Politics

Liu, de Blasio win in Democratic runoffs
NY Times, September 30, 2009 - City Councilmen Bill de Blasio and John Liu, both endorsed by the NY Hotel Trades Council, won their New York Democratic primary runoff elections for city-wide office September 29. de Blasio swept opponent Mark Green, earning 63 percent of the votes and the Democratic nomination for New York City public advocate. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Union's endorsed candidates do well in primaries
Hotel Voice, September 28, 2009 - As we reported in last week's edition of Hotel Voice, almost all of the Union's endorsed candidates won their primaries on September 15. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

2009 NYC Democratic Primary
HTC-TV, September 21, 2009 - The New York Hotel Trades Council played an instrumental role in determining the outcome of some of the most important elections in the history of our union. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics, HTC-TV, Video

NYC 2009 Primary Election Winners!
NYHTC, September 18, 2009 - The New York Hotel Trades Council played an instrumental role in determining the outcome of some of the most important elections in the history of our union. Over 300 members volunteered on election day, September 15, and with their monumental effort we won in nine different City Council races. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Liu & de Blasio head to runoff election
NY Times, September 16, 2009 - Two New York Hotel Trades Council-endorsed citywide candidates are headed to runoff elections September 29, public advocate contender Bill de Blasio and comptroller hopeful John Liu. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Our Union's endorsements
NYHTC, September 14, 2009 - This year's primary elections are without a doubt the most important elections in the history of our union. The makeup of our city's government in the next four years will play a large in role in determining whether we can solve the problem of non-union hotels that ultimately threatens our jobs and contract standards. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Our Union's City Council endorsements
Hotel Voice, September 8, 2009 - As we reported in last week's Hotel Voice our Union is making endorsements in the September 15th primary races. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Volunteer now to push our union to victory
Hotel Voice, September 8, 2009 - This year's primary elections are without a doubt the most important elections in the history of our union. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

2009 Elections critical for protecting our Union
Hotel Voice, August 31, 2009 - It is a little more than a year since our union stepped up to the next major challenge facing hotel workers in New York City. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

Union endorses Aborn for DA
Hotel Voice, August 31, 2009 - It isn't very often that our Union gets involved in races for District Attorney. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

For Comptroller: John Liu
Hotel Voice, August 31, 2009 - In one of the most important city elections this year, our Union is supporting John Liu for Comptroller. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

For Public Advocate: Bill de Blasio
Hotel Voice, August 31, 2009 - For our next Public Advocate, we need someone who will be a courageous voice for change and a true leader who can make it happen. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

City Council Endorsements
Hotel Voice, August 31, 2009 - Our Union is making endorsements in the September 15th primary races for the New York City Council. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

HTC and its members work hard for their candidates
NY Daily News, August 26, 2009 - The Hotel Trades Council continues to campaign with a well organized effort made up of volunteers from its membership. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

DA candidate Aborn makes clear why HTC chose to endorse him
NY Times, August 26, 2009 - Attorney Richard Aborn, who has been endorsed by the Hotel Trades Council, has focused his campaign for District Attorney on a broad range of social justice issues. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

Ferreras explains her grassroots appeal
The Queens Examiner, August 18, 2009 - Julissa Ferreras is gearing up for the Democratic primary elections and is campaigning to run for a full term as the City Councilwoman for the 21st District in Queens. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

First meeting of Hotel Trades Council Assembly held
Hotel Voice, August 17, 2009 - The future of the Union was on display this week, when the first meeting of the Hotel Trades Council Assembly was held at Gertrude Lane Auditorium. That future is challenging but it is clear that the members of the Assembly can rise to the challenge. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics, Organizing

HTC endorses Aborn for District Attorney
NY Daily News and City Hall News, August 16, 2009 - The Hotel Trades Council has given its endorsement for District Attorney to Richard Aborn, who is fighting most notably for reform in the justice and penal system. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, 2009 Elections

HTC is working to ensure Aqueduct jobs are union
NYHTC, August 3, 2009 - While bidders are vying to win the state contract for the redevelopment of Aqueduct race track, the New York Hotel Trades Council is actively involved in ensuring that the approximately 1,000 full-time jobs at the site will be union jobs. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Organizing, Politics, Aqueduct Race Track

HTC set for major effort in 2009 elections
NY Daily News, July 28, 2009 - The New York 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. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

AFL-CIO unhappy with NY State Senate
Times Union, June 30, 2009 - 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. [more...]
Related issues: AFL-CIO, Politics

HTC plays big role in Queens elections
NY Daily News, June 19, 2009 - If the 2008 elections were any indication, the Hotel Trades Council has proved it is a force to be reckoned with in New York City politics. [more...]
Related issues: 2009 Elections, Politics

HTC seeks to unseat two Brooklyn Council incumbents
NY Daily News, May 20, 2009 - The Hotel Trades Council plans to put the full weight of its 14,000 Brooklyn members behind City Council hopefuls Maritza Davila (district 34) and Jumaane Williams (district 45). [more...]
Related issues: City Council, Politics, 2009 Elections

Specter move may be new day for labor law
Hotel Voice, May 4, 2009 - The AFL-CIO says that Republican Senator Arlen Specter's party switch will give Democrats a filibuster-proof 60 votes once Minnesota's Al Franken is seated. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, EFCA, Barack Obama

Governor Paterson issues executive order to help workers organize
NY Times, May 3, 2009 - New York State Governor David Paterson issued an executive order May 1 that will directly benefit workers at development projects where the state has a proprietary interest, including certain hotels, convention centers and gaming facilities. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development, EFCA, David Paterson

HTC and Unite Here stick with de Blasio
NY Daily News, May 1, 2009 - The Hotel Trades Council and Unite Here will be supporting Bill de Blasio in his race for public advocate this fall and plan to launch an aggressive campaign on his behalf. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, 2009 Elections, Unite Here

Unions tell NYS elected officials to stop the threatened fair hike!
Hotel Voice, April 27, 2009 - A group of union representatives gathered at City Hall this week in response to the MTA budget crisis that threatens unprecedented transit fare hikes for New Yorkers. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council

Bloomberg mixes politics and baseball
NY Daily News, April 17, 2009 - Mayor Michael Bloomberg invited HTC President Peter Ward to the Yankees Stadium opening game. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Michael Bloomberg, City Council, 2009 Elections

Immigration accord by labor boosts Obama effort
NY Times , April 14, 2009 - The AFL-CIO and Change to Win, the country's two major labor federations, have joined forces to help President Obama overhaul the immigration system. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Immigration, Barack Obama

Obama releases honest budget
Hotel Voice, March 9, 2009 - When the Obama administration released its first federal budget last week more than a few members of the Republican Party were quick to criticize the huge deficit it contained. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Barack Obama

Rally against city & state budget cuts
Hotel Voice, March 9, 2009 - Due to the ongoing financial crisis our state and city governments need to be especially careful about the budget cuts they need to make. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Rally, City Council, Economy, Recession

Barack Obama is inaugurated
Hotel Voice, January 26, 2009 - Interestingly enough, one of the best comments about the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States came not from a political pundit or newspaper columnist but from a Canadian citizen. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Barack Obama

NYHTC plays major role in Senate flip, Willets Point vote
NYHTC, November 18, 2008 - The Hotel Trades Council was a major political force in securing a democratic majority in the State Senate, as well as in pushing the City Council to approve the development of Willets Point. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, Senate, New Development

In gritty Jersey City, eager immigrants stream to the polls
Feet in Two Worlds, November 4, 2008 - At a fire house in Jersey City, Arab, Filipino, and South Asian voters voted in a steady stream as the early evening fog rolled in. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Barack Obama

Win, lose, draw – Primary edition
New York Daily News, September 10, 2008 - The Hotel Trades Council won huge victories in the 2008 city primaries, successfully electing both incumbent Sheldon Silver and newcomer Daniel Squadron. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, Primary Election, Daniel Squadron, Sheldon Silver

Employee Free Choice Act gains ground
Hotel Voice, July 21, 2008 - In the last four months, nearly 300,000 people have signed postcards that will be used later this year to tell the newly elected Congress and newly elected President that working families across the country need them to enact the Employee Free Choice Act. [more...]
Related issues: EFCA, Politics, Barack Obama

Unions rally in support of Willets Point redevelopment
Hotel Voice, July 7, 2008 - Several labor unions including the Hotel Trades Council have entered into agreements with the city of New York to support the redevelopment of Willets Point, an area of Queens that is next to Shea Stadium. [more...]
Related issues: Willets Point, City Council, Politics, New Development

Unions threaten to oppose key plans without promise of livable wages
NYHTC, March 1, 2008 - A group of New York City's unions, including the Hotel Trades Council, have joined forces to fight the Bloomberg administration's redevelopment projects if the projects do not meet the unions' demands for livable wages and affordable housing. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development, City Council

Members urge lawmakers to reform IDA
Hotel Voice, February 11, 2008 - What is IDA? It stands for Industrial Development Agencies, and it's a program where public money is used to create or protect good paying jobs. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, New Development

Albany Lobby Day
HTC-TV, February 11, 2008 - More than 40 HTC members took a bus to Albany to discuss the Industrial Development Agency Law with their representatives. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, HTC-TV, Video

Members attend redevelopment hearing at City Hall
Hotel Voice, December 17, 2007 - The City Council chamber is often empty for hearings held by the Land Use Committee or the Economic Development Committee. [more...]
Related issues: Willets Point, New Development, City Council, Politics

NYHTC beefing up its voting power
NYHTC, August 8, 2007 - The Hotel Trades Council has registered 2000 members to vote as a part of its plan to influence elected officials and gain political support as it faces negotiations with non-union hotel developers. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, City Council, New Development

Union is conducting voter registration drive
Hotel Voice, July 30, 2007 - In the last few weeks over 2000 members of our Union have taken political action by registering to vote. [more...]
Related issues: New Development, Politics

Employee Free Choice Act is introduced in Congress
Hotel Voice, February 12, 2007 - The Democratic majority in Congress has wasted no time in introducing the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would make it easier for American workers to join unions. [more...]
Related issues: Politics, EFCA