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Hotel conflict right in the middle of high season
El Nuevo Dia, December 15, 2009 -
A total of 1,216 union employees from four major hotels in Puerto Rico will be protesting against their employers between Thursday and Saturday, for what they consider to be violations of their rights and unfair treatment.
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Puerto Rico, Contract Fight, Hilton Hotels Corporation
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City Council rejects Kingsbridge Armory mall plan
NYHTC, December 15, 2009 -
Members of the City Council overwhelmingly voted against a plan for a shopping mall inside the Kingsbridge Armory December 14.
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Kingsbridge Armory, Politics, New Development, City Council
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Plans and back-up plans for auctioning of Tavern's assets
NYHTC, December 15, 2009 -
While litigation over the ownership of the Tavern on the Green name continues, plans and back-up plans for the auction of its assets, tangible and intangible, are made. At the close to 2009, the LeRoy family, who have run the restaurant since 1976, will begin vacating the space for Central Park Boathouse operator Dean Poll to take over operations.
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Tavern On The Green
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Tavern: A last New Year's Eve under LeRoy family's operation
NYHTC, December 15, 2009 -
This coming New Year's eve, New Yorkers and others will have one last opportunity for a special evening of dining, dancing, and fireworks at Tavern on the Green, the restaurant which became world-famous under restaurateur Warner LeRoy and his family.
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Tavern On The Green
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Tavern's goose may be cooked
New York Post, December 15, 2009 -
Time is running out on Tavern on the Green – not just on lame-duck operator Jennifer LeRoy, but on the last knife and fork.
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Tavern On The Green
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Boycott website for Puerto Rico Hilton hotel strike launched!
NYHTC, December 14, 2009 -
Check out the new boycott site for the Hilton hotel workers in Puerto Rico: http://www.puertoricohotelstrike.com.
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Hilton Hotels Corporation, Contract Fight, Puerto Rico
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U.S. Department of Labor: Union membership has big advantages
Hotel Voice, December 14, 2009 -
Every year or so Hotel Voice prints information showing the advantages workers have when they are union members. The information is based on statistics gathered by the federal government through the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Para comunicación inmediata: Comienzan hoy las manifestaciones frente a los hoteles Hilton en San Juan
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 -
Cientos de trabajadores de los hoteles Caribe Hilton, Condado Plaza y El San Juan llevarán a cabo una serie de protestas y marchas los días 17, 18 y 19 de diciembre.
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Puerto Rico, Contract Fight, Hilton Hotels Corporation
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Countdown to strike in Puerto Rico: Demonstrations, negotiations & strike vote scheduled
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 -
Three major demonstrations, three more negotiating sessions, and a strike authorization vote have been scheduled for the next two weeks, giving Hilton Hotels Corporation one last chance to reach a contract settlement with hotel workers in Puerto Rico and avoid a strike.
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Puerto Rico, Contract Fight, Hilton Hotels Corporation
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Auctioning off Tavern on the Green
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 -
The auctioning off of Tavern on the Green's wares, including chandeliers, murals, animal sculptures, and rare wood paneling, is set to begin January 13. The LeRoy family's operating lease on the restaurant expires at the end of this year, and in 2010 Dean Poll, operator of the Central Park Boathouse restaurant, will take over operations.
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Tavern On The Green
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No deadline to pick an Aqueduct rasino winner
NYHTC, December 11, 2009 -
The governor's office has not yet announced its decision as to which of the five remaining bidders will be awarded the contract to run the Aqueduct Race Track.
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Aqueduct, New Development, Politics
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Tavern on the Green operators make back-up plans
Crain's NY Business, December 11, 2009 -
The operators of Tavern on the Green retained Streambank to help them sell the restaurant's intangible assets, the largest of which is its trademarked name once valued at $19 million.
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Tavern On The Green
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