Welcome to the ConventionSouth Blog. Here, ConventionSouth Managing Editor Marlane Bundock, posts weekly information, news, perspectives and insight on the meetings industry as well as the hospitality industry in the South. But don't just read what she has to say. Add a thread to give her your feedback. Post your opinion of her blog, share ideas with others, pose a question or just let her know what concerns you as a meeting pro. Your thoughts will help her resource more in-depth content for this website and each issue of ConventionSouth. Make sure you check back here each week for updated blogs. And, follow Marlane's ConventionSouth Twitter.com page at Twitter.com/ConventionSouth to get updated messages from the ConventionSouth Newsroom that can be sent directly to your e-mail or mobile device. Enjoy! | 11/02/2009 05:25 PM - Marlane's Blog | |
| According to HotelNewsResource.com, workers at five area hotels, including the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Westin Michigan Avenue, W Lakeshore, W Chicago-City Center, and Tremont Hotel, have voted to authorize a strike by an 89 percent majority, in a major escalation of a citywide labor dispute among Chicago's downtown hotels. The vote authorizes the rank-and-file bargaining committee to call a strike or boycott, if necessary. Union contracts covering 6,000 workers at 30 hotels in downtown Chicago expired on Aug. 31, 2009, and a settlement between area workers and hotel employers is far from sight. Worker frustration at area hotels has mounted as major employers like the Hilton, Hyatt, and Starwood use the tough economy as an excuse to eliminate jobs and propose cuts to healthcare benefits. To find out more, visit http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article41964.html | |
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