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The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. The deal, which the group ratified on Monday, averts a threatened strike this summer that could have disrupted the influx of tourists expected for the World Cup and America 250 festivities.
The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would increase wages by more than 50 percent for workers, union officials said. The hotel owners will continue to pay the full cost of providing health-care benefits for 27,000 union members and their families.
The unusually generous terms were ratified by the board of the Hotel Association of New York City, which represents the hotel owners, and is scheduled for a vote Thursday by the members of the hotel workers’ union, who have a history of moving in lock step with their leaders. The hotel workers’ union said that its new contract would raise the pay of housekeepers from slightly below $40 an hour to more than $61 an hour by 2034.
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I know the cost of living is high in NYC, but this seems ridiculous to me given that housekeepers now make more than teachers and other professionals. Talk about inflationary. I suspect all workers in NYC now will want a raise to $61.00 an hour now. When in NYC leaving housekeeping tips is out the window. I can only imagine what the daily hotel room rate will be in NYC in the near future.
The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would increase wages by more than 50 percent for workers, union officials said. The hotel owners will continue to pay the full cost of providing health-care benefits for 27,000 union members and their families.
The unusually generous terms were ratified by the board of the Hotel Association of New York City, which represents the hotel owners, and is scheduled for a vote Thursday by the members of the hotel workers’ union, who have a history of moving in lock step with their leaders. The hotel workers’ union said that its new contract would raise the pay of housekeepers from slightly below $40 an hour to more than $61 an hour by 2034.
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I know the cost of living is high in NYC, but this seems ridiculous to me given that housekeepers now make more than teachers and other professionals. Talk about inflationary. I suspect all workers in NYC now will want a raise to $61.00 an hour now. When in NYC leaving housekeeping tips is out the window. I can only imagine what the daily hotel room rate will be in NYC in the near future.
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