Information: The first column shows data points from Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Local 6 (New York, N.Y.) in red. The third column shows data points from Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.) in blue. Any data they share in common is displayed as purple boxes in the middle "Shared" column.
Early in December 1938, a leaflet handed out in the hotels of the union – the recently created Hotel Trades Council – informed the workers that negotiations with the Hotel Association were nearing the climax:
"The negotiating committees have been in virtually continuous session since last Thursday, with meetings practically every day since. One lengthy session was held into a late hour last Tuesday night and another was in progress today."
The leaflet spread this message: "Hotel Workers! Keep your ranks solid. Stand firm!"
Two weeks later – good news in a hard winter – came another leaflet. It began simply and exultantly: "It's here!"
A years-old dream had come true. A succession of defeats had been turned into victory. The union had proved itself, and won the agreement of the Hotel Association to a contract establishing wage rates, hours and other working conditions – the first of the series of contracts that have added gain to gain and established the working conditions of today.
That first contract – discussed clause by clause and approved at a mass meeting of Union members at Manhattan Center – provided for a 48-hour, six-day work week for most workers, 54 hours for waiters and busboys. It raised wages by an average of $2, setting these typical minimum weekly rates.
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Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union, UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotel, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier, and absorbed a number of smaller locals of hotel employees over the years. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions; the contract was negotiated by the newly formed umbrella group of hotel unions, the New York City Hotel Trades Council, headed by Jay Rubin. The HTC has continued to negotiate with the united employers (organized in the New York Hotel Association) on behalf of many categories of hotel employees. The Local is ethnically diverse, and has always included a high proportion of Latino workers.
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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union, UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotel, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier, and absorbed a number of smaller locals of hotel employees over the years. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions; the contract was negotiated by the newly formed umbrella group of hotel unions, the New York City Hotel Trades Council, headed by Jay Rubin. The HTC has continued to negotiate with the united employers (organized in the New York Hotel Association) on behalf of many categories of hotel employees. The Local is ethnically diverse, and has always included a high proportion of Latino workers.
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New York University Special Collections WWW site, viewed July 1, 2020
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union, UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotel, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier, and absorbed a number of smaller locals of hotel employees over the years. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions; the contract was negotiated by the newly formed umbrella group of hotel unions, the New York City Hotel Trades Council, headed by Jay Rubin. The HTC has continued to negotiate with the united employers (organized in the New York Hotel Association) on behalf of many categories of hotel employees. The Local is ethnically diverse, and has always included a high proportion of Latino workers.
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO WWW site, viewed July 1, 2020
Early in December 1938, a leaflet handed out in the hotels of the union – the recently created Hotel Trades Council – informed the workers that negotiations with the Hotel Association were nearing the climax:
"The negotiating committees have been in virtually continuous session since last Thursday, with meetings practically every day since. One lengthy session was held into a late hour last Tuesday night and another was in progress today."
The leaflet spread this message: "Hotel Workers! Keep your ranks solid. Stand firm!"
Two weeks later – good news in a hard winter – came another leaflet. It began simply and exultantly: "It's here!"
A years-old dream had come true. A succession of defeats had been turned into victory. The union had proved itself, and won the agreement of the Hotel Association to a contract establishing wage rates, hours and other working conditions – the first of the series of contracts that have added gain to gain and established the working conditions of today.
That first contract – discussed clause by clause and approved at a mass meeting of Union members at Manhattan Center – provided for a 48-hour, six-day work week for most workers, 54 hours for waiters and busboys. It raised wages by an average of $2, setting these typical minimum weekly rates.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council records, 1930s-1990s.
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council records, 1930s-1990s.
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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council records, 1930s-1990s.
The collection includes minutes, officers' correspondence, reports, organizing files and other administrative records and files relating to the constituent organizations of the Council, as well as a long series of records arranged by individual hotel, restaurant or private club. Under the name of each institution are gathered files dealing with shop organizing, membership and dues, grievances and communications between employers, employees and union staff. There is also a small amount of material (clippings, brochures, etc.) relating to the general history of individual hotels. More than 50 boxes of unprocessed material are described at the box level; these boxes contain membership records and the more recent records of the Council.
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council records, 1930s-1990s.
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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Records 1930s-1987
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Records, 1930s-1987
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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Records 1930s-1987
The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council was born in of Depression-era struggles to improve conditions for employees of New York City hotels, restaurants and private clubs. Several unsuccessful strikes and the emergence of a powerful Hotel Association representing the employers, spurred this effort. In April of 1938 the Council was formed as an umbrella group of five AFL-affiliated unions and given sole authority to bargain for those unions. Over the years many other independent unions and locals have affiliated with the Council. In addition to industry-wide bargaining, the Council took on the work of administering welfare funds and running training and community service programs for its affiliates as a group. The collection consists of administrative files of the Council, correspondence and other files of Council presidents Jay Rubin and Vito Pitta, an extensive series of files arranged by the names of individual hotels, and records of the welfare funds and social service programs amdinistered by the Council. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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Guide to the Daniel Nilva Negatives, 1934-1975
Guide to the Daniel Nilva Negatives, 1934-1975
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Guide to the Daniel Nilva Negatives, 1934-1975
The collection is comprised of 6,827 black and white negatives shot by photographer Daniel Nilva. These images reflect Nilva's personal and professional involvement with trade unions, as well as his political interests and affiliations. Union photographs include images shot for the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union, and International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, among others. While many of the images record routine meetings and banquets, a significant part of the collection documents strikes and demonstrations, and a small but significant splinter group of the Communist Party of the U.S., the Communist Party (Opposition).
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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Sam Reiss Negatives
Sam Reiss Negatives
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Sam Reiss Negatives
The Sam Reiss Photographic Negatives Collection is notable for its size (more than 120,000 black and white images in formats including 35mm, 120mm, 3x5, and 4x5) and breadth of coverage of 20th century labor unions and labor union-affiliated organizations (hundreds of unions, locals, and labor organizations), as well as the length of time it covers-the nearly 30 years between 1946 to 1975. It documents the face of organized labor in the New York City metropolitan area: mainly its institutionalized forms and quotidian administrative activities, but it also captures its broader community, and occasionally its historic moments, such as the such as the 1955 merger convention of the AFL-CIO. Prominent among Reiss' clients, and particularly well-represented in the Collection are images he shot for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; Transport Workers Union; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Local 3; United Federation of Teachers; and the Retail, Wholesale, Department Store Workers Union. The Collection also includes formal and informal portraits of local and national union leaders and personalities, including George Meany and Walter Reuther, Cesar Chavez, Michael Quill, Bessie Hillman, A. Philip Randolph, David Dubinsky, Eleanor Roosevelt, United Nations Secretary General U Thant, Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, Senators John F. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Edward Kennedy, New York Representative Bella Abzug, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, and Presidents Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. NOTE: This collection is housed offsite and advance notice is required for use.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs
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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, Local 6 Photographs
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE), Local 6 (now affiliated with the international union UNITE/HERE) represents housekeeping staff, waiters, bartenders and other categories of service employees in hotels, private clubs and restaurants in the New York City area. The local grew substantially as a result of a major organizing drive in the mid-1930s, under Local president Michael J. Obermeier. Significant gains came in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in many crafts and unions. The majority of this collection is comprised of photographs documenting the activities of HERE, Local 6. Topics include organizing campaigns and strikes, special events, workers and work sites and portraits of Local 6 leaders and members. Also included in this collection are over one hundred and fifty negatives (4 x 5 inches) which document Local 6 events between 1945 and 1950. Finally, there are three films from 1963 and a small number of artifacts, including a "Miss Union Maid" doll.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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Gertrude Lane Papers
Gertrude Lane Papers
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Gertrude Lane Papers
Gertrude Lane was secretary-treasurer and a founder of the Hotel and Club Employees Union, Local 6. This collection includes materials related to the NYC Hotel Trades Council and the Hotel, Restaurant and Club Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 6, as well as personal and family papers and photographs. The collection also contains a small amount of materials created by Gertrude Lane's husband, Jay Rubin.
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union. Local 6 (New York, N.Y.)
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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Photographs
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Photographs
Title:
New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council Photographs
The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council was born in of Depression-era struggles to improve conditions for employees of New York City hotels, restaurants and private clubs. In April of 1938 the Council was formed as an umbrella group of five AFL-affiliated unions and given sole authority to bargain for those unions. Over the years many other independent unions and locals have affiliated with the Council. The Council took on the work of administering welfare funds and running training and community service programs for its affiliates as a group. This collection contains photographic prints, negatives, and photograph albums from the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council. Images depict union officers, staff, and departments; union activities including sports, education, elections, and picket lines; and union members at work in hotels.
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