Hotel union deal puts cleaners on track for $100K salaries

Some New York City hotel workers are on track to become six-figure earners under a tentative labor agreement that would reshape the economics of the city’s hospitality industry. The powerful Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and the hotel industry have reached a tentative eight-year contract agreement covering nearly 30,000 workers at more than 250 hotels across the five boroughs. The deal, announced ahead of the union’s June 30 contract expiration, includes what the union described as the largest pay increases in its nearly 100-year history. Under the agreement, wages would rise by more than 50 percent on average over the […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.