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Hotel trades council industry wide agreement pdfIndustry Wide Agreement • September 8th, 2023
An Explanation of the New (April 2015) Agreement Duration The April Deal would extend the IWA through June 30, 2026 (seven years past the expiration of the current IWA in 2019). That is two years longer than the June 2014 deal. Longer contracts are a tremendous advantage to workers and the Union. Here, it means that workers are guaranteed wage increases and benefits for more than a decade. It also means that the Union can focus its resources and energy on organizing new hotels; advancing legislation that protects our jobs; and enforcing our contracts, rather than focusing on strikes or prolonged negotiations. Getting a longer contract now, instead of waiting for the current IWA to expire first, also makes sense. As described further below, the April Deal provides for significant wage increases and guarantees our benefits for years to come. This deal might not have been possible had the Union waited for the current IWA to expire, when we might not be in such a strong position and able t
