Union reaches tentative agreement with The Saint Paul Hotel

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php?news_6_5232

By Michael Moore
9 May 2012

ST. PAUL - After six months of unusually bitter contract negotiations, union workers at The Saint Paul Hotel will vote May 17 on a tentative agreement with the company on a new three-year contract.

Leaders of UNITE HERE Local 17, the union that represents about 170 workers at the downtown hotel, are recommending members vote to accept the tentative agreement. Local 17 President Nancy Goldman would not comment on details, but said the agreement includes “everything we asked for and more.”

The union’s previous contract with The Saint Paul Hotel expired Dec. 1, 2011.

Local 17 has represented the hotel’s workers since 1984, but when contract talks began last November, management surprised union negotiators by insisting on steep concessions from the hotel’s workers.

FULL story at link.

[Brickbat]

1. Sorry to see trouble at the St. Paul Hotel; it's a lovely place to stay.

Love the bar, too. Hope everything works out OK.