New York hotel workers union reaches deal to avoid strike ahead of World Cup

Eight-year contract between union and hospitality industry group will boost pay of hotel housekeepers to over $100,000 A deal between a New York hotel union and an hospitality industry group is set to boost the earnings of hotel housekeepers to more than $100,000, as part of a pact to avoid threatened strike action during the Fifa World Cup beginning in June. The eight-year contract agreement between the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council – representing 27,000 hotel workers – and the Hotel Assoc...

By Edward Helmore