[Baltimore Sun] Baltimore hotel workers ratify new contract with Hilton
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Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor employees have reached an agreement with their employer and ratified a new contract, the hotel workers’ union said Monday.
Provisions of the four-year contract include “significant” wage increases for hotel workers and increased funding for their pension and healthcare funds, according to a news release from UNITE HERE Local 7. The new contract also includes language around fair pay for banquet workers and around subcontracting.
The agreement comes after thousands of hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE went on one-day strikes over Labor Day weekend. Many of them are still bargaining new contracts, including workers at Baltimore’s Hyatt Waterfront, who are also represented by Local 7.
The Hyatt workers “have held numerous picket lines, and caution that the labor dispute could escalate without a settlement soon,” the union local said in the release.
Tracy Lingo, president of UNITE HERE Local 7, said in a statement that the agreement was a “tremendous victory for Hilton workers, their families, and the city of Baltimore.”
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement that he was “proud that Hilton and UNITE HERE have reached an agreement that puts our hospitality workers first and makes Baltimore City more competitive region-wide.”
This story will be updated.
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