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Motion expressing the Sense of Council of Allegheny County urging Shubh Hotels, LLC, owner of the Downtown Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel, to bargain with its employees through their designated collective bargaining representative.
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WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel has a longstanding relationship with UNITE HERE Local 57, the union representing approximately 90 percent of the Hilton's workers; and
WHEREAS, Unite Here is an amalgamated union of 265,000 hotel, restaurant and textile workers, and represents roughly 1,500 hospitality workers in the Pittsburgh area; and
WHEREAS, the relationship between the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel and its employees through their designated collective bargaining representative has proven beneficial to the hotel, its employees, and the region; and
WHEREAS, this relationship is also an important aspect of what makes the Hilton Hotel a valuable asset to Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, Council wishes to encourage the hotel's ownership to continue this relationship with the representative chosen by its employees;
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS MOVED, AND IT IS THE SENSE OF THE COUNCIL OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, urging Shubh Hotels, LLC, owner of the Downtown Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel and any successor owner or employer, to honor the longstanding relationship with its employees through their designated collective bargaining representative, in order to ensure that organized labor continues to be a part of the Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel's future.
PRIMARY SPONSOR: COUNCIL MEMBERS BURN, DeFAZIO and GREEN and PRESIDENT FITZGERALD