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All is not fair in Boston hotels

By Lawrence Harmon, The Boston Globe Both the Hilton Boston Downtown and the Omni Parker House are high-quality hotels popular with tourists and business travelers who want to be in the center of the city. You can trust that the beds at both hotels are top-notch. But there is a big pay gap when it […]

Education & Training Program – BEST Corp.

Mission – To provide individuals the education, skills and training to excel in the hospitality industry and in their personal lives. Background –  Local 26 Hotel Training Center (HTC) provides classes in English for Hospitality, literacy, and citizenship as well as certification skills training in On-Call Banquet Server, Busser/Server, Basic Culinary Arts, Food Safety, and […]

****WHY WE NEED A STRIKE AND ORGANIZING FUND****

We face a tremendous challenge.In 2013 most Local 26 memberswill be in contract negotiations. Thecontracts for all hotel workers,convention center workers, FenwayPark workers and MIT workers –5000 Local 26 members in all – willexpire.  Click on the link above to read more.

Northeastern University Food Service Workers Vote to Unionize

Northeastern University Food Service Workers Vote to Unionize Chartwells workers overwhelmingly vote YES to join Boston’s Local 26 BOSTON- In the largest campus food service unionization in recent history, 400 Northeastern University dining hall workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of joining Boston’s Local 26. Rallying with hundreds of students, Chartwells workers spoke about injustice they […]