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NOLA's largest hotel workers unionize seeking better wages
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:55 am
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:55 am
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Earlier this year, hundreds of workers at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, the city's largest hotel, voted to unionize, a rare development locally that labor leaders think could give them a long-sought foothold in the city's mostly low-wage but critical hospitality industry, which employs nearly 80,000 workers.
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Rebecca Waxman, who works as a barista at the Hilton's coffee shop, is a member of the committee that's brokering the union's initial contract.
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"I work at the coffee shop, and it costs nearly $4 to get the smallest cup of coffee. When we think about what customers are paying and how much money the hotel is making, I started thinking about what it would look like if we actually were able to get a fair share of what the company is making."
Advocate articlefor those interested. Sounds like room rates are going up.
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Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:57 am to Jimmy2shoes
New Orleans doesn't need more reasons to avoid the city. It needs less.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:58 am to Jimmy2shoes
Just what the city needs on top of dumbasses excavating Bourbon St during tourist season and an inability to keep water out of a city below sea level.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:59 am to Jimmy2shoes
Give those hard working barista’s their fair share!!!1
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:59 am to Jimmy2shoes
This won't go as they planned
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:00 pm to Jimmy2shoes
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able to get a fair share
Can we get a definition of 'fair'?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:01 pm to Jimmy2shoes
They're seeking getting fired
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:03 pm to Jimmy2shoes
I hope this is successful. The unintended consequences will be hilarious 
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Fire them all
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:04 pm to Jimmy2shoes
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"I work at the coffee shop, and it costs nearly $4 to get the smallest cup of coffee. When we think about what customers are paying and how much money the hotel is making, I started thinking about what it would look like if we actually were able to get a fair share of what the company is making."
lulz
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:05 pm to Jimmy2shoes
quote:
I started thinking about what it would look like if we actually were able to get a fair share of what the company is making."
Admitting she never took Econ.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:06 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Elastic demand is lost on these people.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:07 pm to RogerTheShrubber
This is not good news
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:08 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Economic lesson.
My pay before union
Compared to
My pay after union minus dues and strike costs.
My pay before union
Compared to
My pay after union minus dues and strike costs.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:54 pm to Jimmy2shoes
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"I work at the coffee shop, and it costs nearly $4 to get the smallest cup of coffee. When we think about what customers are paying and how much money the hotel is making, I started thinking about what it would look like if we actually were able to get a fair share of what the company is making."
Yes, this is the person from whom I want complex industrial economic advice.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:56 pm to Jimmy2shoes
I have a suggestion for Ms. Waxmann. If you are a barista at the Hilton, then you must have wanted the job. If you are not happy with the economic offerings in New Orleans, and I do understand the limitations of the city then you should either find a better job or move.
Please remember that a labor union is nothing more than a business....in the end they want your dues. The more you make, the more you will pay.
To the Ranters: the last thing that unions want is for there to be a job action....it's bad for business. Members strike, they have to pay the strikers out of the strike fund, if the strike fund runs out, they start digging into the general fund.
Running a union is a great way to make money...it's one of the best shake down schemes ever to happen
Please remember that a labor union is nothing more than a business....in the end they want your dues. The more you make, the more you will pay.
To the Ranters: the last thing that unions want is for there to be a job action....it's bad for business. Members strike, they have to pay the strikers out of the strike fund, if the strike fund runs out, they start digging into the general fund.
Running a union is a great way to make money...it's one of the best shake down schemes ever to happen
Posted on 10/11/17 at 1:22 pm to Jimmy2shoes
This is not good news, but of all the terrible things plaguing New Orleans, this isn't even in the top 10.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 1:23 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:
"I work at the coffee shop, and it costs nearly $4 to get the smallest cup of coffee. When we think about what customers are paying and how much money the hotel is making, I started thinking about what it would look like if we actually were able to get a fair share of what the company is making."
Interesting concept...So what we are saying here is i can go tell my employer what to pay me?
BRB...I'm gonna run into the CEOs office and tell him what i want.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 2:31 pm to Jimmy2shoes
Low skilled employees want a raise in an industry with high costs and a narrow profit margin?
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 10/11/17 at 2:33 pm to BigJim
It is good news and about time! Hotel workers deserve to be paid especially since the hotels here are charging national prices for rooms.
What is wrong with local hotel workers being paid comparable industry wages?
Taxpayers are subsidizing these profitable hotels. Sec 8, food stamps, medicaid and other transfer payments are being given to low wage earners in the hotel industry inlieu of living wages.
What is wrong with local hotel workers being paid comparable industry wages?
Taxpayers are subsidizing these profitable hotels. Sec 8, food stamps, medicaid and other transfer payments are being given to low wage earners in the hotel industry inlieu of living wages.
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