Sentences with phrase «hotel workers in»

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- A proposal introduced in the New York state Legislature would require training for hotel workers in how to recognize signs of human trafficking.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A legislative proposal introduced in the New York state Legislature would require training for hotel workers in how to recognize signs of human trafficking.

HTC represents about 75 % of the hotel workers in New York City.

A bill introduced in the New York state Legislature by Assemblywoman Amy Paulin would require training for hotel workers in how to recognize signs of human trafficking.

He also defended ACORN back in 2009 when it was smack in the middle of the conservatives» crosshairs, and pushed a so - called «panic button» bill for hotel workers in the wake of the DSK scandal.

Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez plans to create added protections for hotel workers in Miami Beach, including arming them with panic buttons to report sexual harassment or assault.

Wendi Walsh, secretary - treasurer of Unite Here Local 355, the county's only hotel union, said she has «absolutely no doubt» that a survey of hotel workers in South Florida will yield results similar to those in Chicago.

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The senator first met Rielle in early 2006 when he was in New York during a cross-country speaking tour with actor Danny Glover on behalf of hotel workers who wanted his help at union rallies.

Following the lead of voters in Seattle in 2016, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance in October requiring hotels to provide panic buttons to workers by next summer if they work alone in guest rooms.

Voters in the city approved legislation last year requiring that hotels provide such devices for workers and keep track of guests who have been accused of abuse.

Meanwhile, the hotel workers» union says it will push hotels in more cities to provide devices like the panic buttons.

And management's responsibility is likely to be an issue in collective bargaining next year, when contracts covering roughly half the unionized hotel workers across the country are up for re-negotiation.

In Seattle, hotel workers now carry electronic whistles, GPS - equipped buttons that alert security, or iPads with new emergency alert functions.

Workers removed the Trump name from the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower in Panama City.

In Chicago, a survey by hotel union Unite Here Local 1 found that 58 percent of hotel workers and 77 percent of casino workers surveyed last year had been sexually harassed by a guest.

Hotels and restaurants added just 4,300 workers, the fewest in six months.

The company collects and remits taxes on rentals in the city, but hotel workers and housing advocates say the rules do not go far enough.

Legislation introduced in September by D.C. Council member Vincent B. Orange (D - At Large) and backed by a hotel workers» union would limit hosts to one listing at a time and require hosts to live on - site during guests» stays.

Workers in construction, transportation, retail, banks, hotels, utilities and other professionals would «clearly lose» in a tariff war, the economists say, adding farmers would be doubly hurt — paying higher prices for imported goods and seeing export options curtailed.

Two - thirds of the minimum wage workers, who are earning an average across this country of five dollars and fifty cents an hour (they're in this hotel today, and you'll pass them in the hall over and over again), are single mothers with three children.

Hilton also tackles Vacationitis in the United Kingdom as a recent Hilton Hotels & Resorts survey of 2,000 British workers, conducted by OnePoll in November 2013, states that 4.5 million British employees are leaving more than six days of annual vacation on the table each year.

The 27 - year - old former Tottenham Hotspur star was branded a love cheat earlier this month when a nightclub worker claimed that he bedded her in a hotel.

A new exhibition chronicling the lives of contemporary migrant farm workers will be on display in the Arbuckle Gallery at the Pacific Hotel from...

Pre-service Requirement: Act 1220 of 2003 and the resulting Arkansas Department of Education Rules Governing the Certification and Continuing Professional Development of Child Nutrition Directors, Managers, and Workers, codified as Code 20-7-134 and 20-7-135, requires that Directors (1) provide documentation of earning a high school diploma or GED, (2) provide documentation of successful completion of one or more of the required trainings (Manager Certification Training, Certification as a Dietetic Technician, Certified Dietary Manager, Registered Dietitian, Associates degree in Foods / Nutrition or Food Service Management) or that they hold a Bachelor's degree in related field, (i.e. Family & Consumer Sciences, Food Service Management, Hotel / Restaurant Management, or Nutrition).

To bypass these restrictions, Nestlé attempts to entice health workers to hotels (in the case of the cancelled event, the Blackwell Grange Hotel) with guest speakers and the offer of refreshments and a buffet.

Mom and social worker Mazzalai Nguyen became internet famous when she shared a pic of herself pumping in a hotel lobby.

Taxi drivers, hotel workers and the emergency services have worked through the night to help those caught up in the Manchester attack pic.twitter.com / 9FhngeMReO

«The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents workers in New York and New Jersey, on Monday will begin running a television and digital ad campaign against the referendum.

February 27 — Today, the Hotel Trades Council was certified as the bargaining representative of more than 600 workers at Rivers Casino and Resort in Schenectady, NY.

Embattled city Comptroller John Liu has hauled in thousands of dollars in $ 800 contributions from workers and firms associated with hotel magnate Sam Chang.

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With over 200 non-union hotels planning to open their doors in our city in the next few years we must use the resources the membership provided in the dues referendum and continue to focus all of our energy on making our union one that represents as many workers in the hotel industry as possible.

In fact, workers at the Evelyn Hotel and the Ludlow Hotel can claim the distinctions of having voted by a resounding 100 % to be represented by the Hotel Trades Council!

A strong labor advocate with deep experience championing union rights, Jessica worked with Build Up NYC to fight for construction, hotel, and maintenance workers in New York City.

It is a credit to the union's organizing department that in one shop after another — with or without the benefit of card check — workers have remained united and have elected overwhelmingly to join the Hotel Trades Council.

Every previous attempt at unionization, including a general strike by New York City hotel and restaurant workers in 1912, had been crushed by the hotel owners.

Also Wednesday, the council greenlighted legislation requiring used car dealers to disclose details about a vehicle's recall history, regulating commercial bicyclists, studying the feasibility of allowing pedestrians to cross in any direction while vehicle traffic is stopped, and extending a prior legal limit on the conversion of hotels into non-hotel use — a bill backed by the city's hotel worker labor union.

-- New York City poised to join Airbnb crackdown effort backed by hotels, unions, by POLITICO's Sally Goldenberg: New York's City Council is plotting a crackdown on Airbnb, the largest home - sharing platform in the world, as the hotel industry and its unionized workers push lawmakers in some of the nation's biggest cities to blunt the $ 30 billion company's growth.

The bulk of the donations, which will be disclosed Monday in the state party's campaign filing, came from major unions like the ones representing health care and hotel and motel workers, which gave $ 250,000 each, and the American Federation of Teachers, which gave $ 100,000.

Information reaching us indicates that the captain of the Black Stars Asamoah Gyan has allegedly slapped a worker of Alisa hotel in Accra.

Workers in the pay roll of Maiduguri International Hotel (MIH) have called on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on the Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima to...

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

In Brooklyn, Menchaca, a former top aide to Council Speaker Christine Quinn and before that to Borough President Marty Markowitz, has the support of Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, powerful unions, including SEIU 1199, which represents healthcare workers, 32BJ, representing building services employees, and the Hotel Trades Council, as well as the city's Central Labor Council.

But both the Hotel Association and the Hotel Trades Council, a union representing hotel workers, have backed state and city legislation that would obligate Airbnb to register all its listings with local authorities — a requirement that badly dented the company's business in San FrancHotel Association and the Hotel Trades Council, a union representing hotel workers, have backed state and city legislation that would obligate Airbnb to register all its listings with local authorities — a requirement that badly dented the company's business in San FrancHotel Trades Council, a union representing hotel workers, have backed state and city legislation that would obligate Airbnb to register all its listings with local authorities — a requirement that badly dented the company's business in San Franchotel workers, have backed state and city legislation that would obligate Airbnb to register all its listings with local authorities — a requirement that badly dented the company's business in San Francisco.

The union, which was founded in 1939, represents 35,000 hotel and motel workers in New York and northern New Jersey.

The U.F.T., which supported Bill Thompson in the Democratic primary, joined forces with 1199 Service Employees International Union, Communication Workers of America District 1, Hotel & Motel Trades Council and a host of other unions in raising funds for a TV ad blitz.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorsement.

Tipped workers working in the restaurant, hotel and other service - based industries will receive a $ 2.50 minimum wage increase at the end of the year, the Department of Labor on Tuesday announced.

The Daily News reported in April that two of its biggest organized - labor benefactors, the Hotel and Motel Trades Council and 1199 SEIU, the healthcare workers union and the state's largest, quietly withdrew their support for the WFP at the end of 2014.

«This is a great day for workers statewide and I applaud the Hotel Trades Council and Resorts World for negotiating a deal that both creates and retains good paying jobs here in New York,» said IDC Leader Jeff Klein.