Hospitality Lawyer: Tentative Settlement with Unite Here in Monterey follows Chicago and San Francisco
By Jim Butler, Hotel Lawyer | Author of www.HotelLawBlog.com
15 September 2006
On September 15, 2006, Unite Here Local 483 reached a tentative agreement with Hyatt covering 485 workers at the Hyatt Regency Monterey and Park Hyatt at Carmel Highlands Inn according to Marie Vasari, writer for the Monterey County Herald. The proposed four year contract is expected to be ratified by rank and union members next Tuesday, September 19.
This resolution follows closely on the heels of the tentative deal reached in San Francisco between Unite Here Local 2 and 13 San Francisco hotels, and Locals 1 and 450 with various hotel chains in Chicago.
The Monterey accord means that the prospect of strike authorized on August 23 is effectively over for the Hyatt hotels, but union officials are now turning their focus on bargaining for workers at 10 other local hotels where contracts have expired, including the Quail Lodge.
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