New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council records, 1930s-1990s.

ArchivalResource

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.

96 linear ft. (96 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7784324

Churchill County Museum

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New York Hotel Association.

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New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council

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The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council is an umbrella group of unions whose members are employed in New York metropolitan area hotels, restaurants and private clubs. The bulk of the affiliated workers are members of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, but electricians, elevator technicians and other building trades groups are also represented in the Council. The Council was formed in 1938, with the signing of the first city-wide contract for hotel employees in ...