Court Upholds Management Deal with Union on Hotel Operations

In an important decision upholding the right of hotels to make pragmatic agreements with unions on hotel operations, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a claim brought by banquet servers at the St. Regis New York who had claimed that assigning certain banquet-like events to restaurant waitstaff and room service servers violated their contract rights. In granting dismissal, the court upheld the right of hotels and unions to reach private, special purpose agreements allocating work opportunities to different job classifications without fear that disfavored employee groups could sue for breach of the underlying labor agreement. Read More!