(NEW YORK CITY) – Union-represented Hotel Workers employed at the Fairfield by Marriott New York Manhattan Times Square and at the Four Points by Sheraton Midtown-Times Square on West 40th Street - who are calling for an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) boycott, are picketing outside the Times Square Hotels. The Workers voted to become Members of the Hotel & Gaming Trades Council (HTC) in October of 2022. Throughout years of negotiations for their first Union contract, the HTC has filed multiple charges accusing the hotel of committing unfair labor practices - including failing to bargain in good faith, discriminating against Workers because of their support for the Union, encouraging Workers to get rid of the Union, replacing Union positions with sub-contracted Workers, and more. The Workers decided to organize with HTC in 2022 because they wanted a living wage, affordable health care, safer working conditions, and fair treatment. The Hotel’s long-time workforce earns an average wage of just $20.56 per hour in housekeeping. This is $21.81 less per hour, and nearly $40,000 less per year, than a Union Housekeeper. María De Leon, a Room Attendant employed at the Fairfield New York Manhattan Times Square, said: “Management wants to keep the money to themselves while we live in poverty. I’ve worked at the Hotel for seven years and I make ($17.82) per hour. After I pay my rent, I’m left with nothing. I can’t sleep at night worrying - what am I going to do? How am I going to eat? We need the Union.”

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