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Perspective

Nov. 13, 2009

Union Negotiations Shake Up Hotels in San Francisco

Linda Allderdice and Lynn Cadwalader of Holland & Knight say union negotiations during tough times test the hospitality industry in San Francisco.

By Linda Allderdice and Lynn Cadwalader

In the wake of economic challenges facing hotel owners, operators and lenders (low occupancy and room rates, high carrying costs, defaults of loans financed or refinanced during the peak of the 2005-2007 market peak), the collective bargaining agreement with Local 2, UNITE HERE, covering the majority of hotel workers in San Francisco, expired in August 2009 and negotiations have commenced for a new contract. The key issue in the neg...

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