Union, D.C. Hotels Recess Negotiations
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Negotiations over a new contract for D.C. hotel workers broke off early Monday as the union and representatives of 14 major hotels reported little progress in resolving the impasse between them.
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By Andrew Sirocchi, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 4--The calls for reservations begin in earnest in April or May.
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The Office and Professional Employees International Union yesterday filed to intervene in a rate hike request by Washington Gas Light Co.,  saying it planned to protest the proposal out of concern that the company may hire outside contractors to replace customer service workers, which the union...
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The owners of the House of Blues, a popular chain of concert venues, are negotiating with the District to build a $120 million complex near the new Washington Convention Center that would include a live-entertainment hall, a hotel, retail stores and restaurants.
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The Washington, DC, City Council will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put baseball&#39;s return to the US capital at risk.
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A labor dispute between San Francisco hotel workers and management is spreading to more hotels in the city. Employees at ten major hotels are being been locked out from their jobs today.
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Union workers went out on strike Wednesday morning at four San Francisco hotels, their contract bargaining having stalled over differences about wages, pensions and the term of a contract.
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About 1,400 San Francisco hotel workers are on strike at four of the city&#39;s biggest hotels after their contract negotiations stalled over differences regarding wages, health care coverage, pensions and the length of a contract.
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By Christina Rogers, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 9--Plans to renovate the historic Patrick Henry Hotel are inching forward with an application for a building permit now winding its way through the city's planning office.
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US Airways met with two unions yesterday to try to agree on concessions before an Oct. 7 hearing at which a bankruptcy judge may let the carrier temporarily reduce pay 23 percent to help avoid potential liquidation.
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The District of Columbia has reopened talks with major league baseball on the proposed &#36;531 million ballpark agreement for the Expos, and a council official predicted the plan could gain addition votes toward approval if the city saves money in a revised contract.
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Labor experts say Unite Here, the newly merged union that is representing the D.C. hotel workers in their current contract dispute, is one of the most outspoken and toughest unions under the AFL-CIO umbrella.
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A union representing Washington, DC, hotel workers resumed formal talks with management Tuesday to avert a strike in three major cities.
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Ten San Francisco hotels locked out  union workers on Friday in response to a strike at four others  hotels that are part of the same bargaining unit, raising the  stakes in a confrontation that could spread to other cities  around the nation.
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Washington's convention center has exhibit halls, meeting rooms and restaurants. What it doesn't have is an adjoining headquarters hotel -- and that, center officials say, is a central reason it has failed to draw more big conventions and shows.
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Officials of the local hotel union said Thursday that they may call a strike at 14 major D.C. hotels if they do not reach accord with management on a new contract by Jan. 15.
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Leaders of the US Airways pilots&#39; union will meet Tuesday in Pittsburgh to resume debate over a tentative agreement that would grant $300 million in wage and benefit cuts to the airline.