Boston–More than a year after negotiations began, four Boston hotels managed by New York-based Starwood Hotels yesterday reached an agreement with the labor union representing about 5,000 hotel workers in the Boston area. While the proposed 6 1/4-year contract covers wage and benefit increases only for the Sheraton Boston, the Park Plaza, and two Westin hotels in the city, it is expected to set the stage for new pacts at 15 other unionized hotels, including the Colonnade, the Parker House, and the Ritz-Carlton, that signed so-called me too agreements last fall committing them to abide by the contract terms negotiated by the Sheraton Boston. The contract is set for a ratification vote tomorrow by nearly 1,500 union members employed by the Starwood-managed hotels. If they approve the pact, the me-too agreements would also kick in. The pact would be retroactive to Dec. 1, 2006, when the previous contract expired, with workers receiving lump sums for their retroactive raises. Under the contract agreement, non tipped employees would get average wage increases of $3.50 an hour over the life of the contract, according to L. Robert Batterman , an attorney for Starwood. Tipped employees would get half that average hourly wage increase, though they typically earn the bulk of their compensation through tips, he said.
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