(Hospitality Labor Letter, No. 1, March 2009)
Compiled by the HLL Staff
During the last quarter of 2008 we were aware of 14 petitions filed against hospitality employers.
EMPLOYER |
CITY AND STATE |
UNION |
DATE |
|
Parkhurst Dining Service |
Rochester, NY |
Service Employees |
10/02/08 |
|
13 Coins Acquisition (hotel/restaurant) |
Seattle, WA |
Hotel Employees, Restaurant Employees |
10/14/08 |
|
Carlton Westchester Hotel |
White Plains, NY |
Novelty & Production Workers |
10/14/08 |
|
Sebastians Café |
Boston, MA |
Food & Commercial Workers |
10/16/08 |
|
Ritz Carlton Westchester Hotel & Residences |
White Plains, NY |
Amalgamated Transit |
10/21/08 |
|
Four Seasons Hotel |
St. Louis, MO |
Operating Engineers |
10/23/08 |
|
Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Inc. |
Las Vegas, NV |
Steelworkers, Paper, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy Workers |
10/29/08 |
|
Golden Bridge Restaurant |
New York, NY |
Restaurant Workers Union |
11/06/08 |
|
Sodexo, Inc. – Campus Services Division |
Green Bay, WI |
UNITE HERE |
11/19/08 |
|
Divi Cavina Bay Casino |
Ciuted, VI |
Our Virgin Islands Workers Union |
11/18/08 |
|
Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino |
Las Vegas, NV |
Operating Engineers |
12/05/08 |
|
McKinley Grand Hotel |
Canton, OH |
UNITE HERE |
12/09/08 |
|
Jing Fong Restaurant |
New York, NY |
318 Restaurant Workers Union |
12/22/08 |
|
Radison Hotel |
Roseville, MN |
Sheet Metal Workers |
12/22/08 |
During that same period (the last quarter of 2008) we are aware of eight petitions which went all the way to an election. In a chilling reversal of statistics we've seen in the past, unions were victorious in all eight elections.
EMPLOYER |
CITY AND STATE |
UNION |
DATE |
RESULT |
|
Grand Wallea Resort Hotel & Spa, TNA of CNL Resort Lodging Tenant, LLC |
Wallea, HI |
Longshoremen & Warehousemen |
10/17/2008 |
Union Win 4 – 0 |
|
Grand Wallea Resort Hotel & Spa, TN of CNL Resort Lodging Tenant, LLC |
Wallea, HI |
Longshoremen & Warehousemen |
10/17/2008 |
Union Win 26– 5 |
|
Grand Wallea Resort Hotel & Spa, TN of CNL Resort Lodging Tenant, LLC |
Wallea, HI |
Longshoremen & Warehousemen |
10/17/2008 |
Union Win 27– 0 |
|
Hyatt Regency at St. Louis Riverfront Hotel |
St. Louis, MO |
Operating Engineers |
10/23/2008 |
Union Win 14– 0 |
|
Trilogy Golf Club at LaQuinta |
LaQuinta, CA |
Laborers |
11/4/2008 |
Union Win 19 – 4 |
|
Edgewater Hotel |
Seattle, WA |
Operating Engineers |
11/6/2008 |
Union Win 4 – 3 |
|
Holiday Inn O'Hare |
Chicago, IL |
Teamsters |
11/7/2008 |
Union Win 18 – 7 |
|
Parkhurst Dining Service |
Rochester, NY |
Service Employees |
11/19/2008 |
Union Win 32 – 15 |