[lbo-talk] Hotel Contract Talks Falter

R rhisiart at charter.net
Fri Jun 25 13:10:37 PDT 2004


Hotel Contract Talks Falter as Union Tries Power Ploy

By Nancy Cleeland Times Staff Writer

Los Angeles Times - June 24, 2004 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-fi-hotels24jun24,1,3423997.story?coll=la-home-local

High-stakes negotiations between Los Angeles-area hotels and the hotel workers union have broken down, as national chains like Hyatt and Sheraton resist the union's novel plan to line up contract expiration dates across the country, opening the door to a national strike.

Union leaders, who want contracts in 10 major cities to expire in 2006, say that kind of clout - and the threat of a potentially disruptive nationwide walkout in two years - would allow them to substantially drive up wages and benefits for housekeepers, bellboys and banquet servers.

Hotel attorney Ken Ballard said the industry, which is pulling out of a three-year slump, was not about to hand over that kind of power.

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