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Tavern on Green back on block
Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010 - Tavern on the Green is back in the market for a new operator after labor negotiations collapsed Thursday, leaving the landmark property's future as a restaurant in doubt. [more...]
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Tavern on the brink
New York Post, May 21, 2010 - Central Park's once-lavish Tavern on the Green restaurant will become a visitors center and snack bar -- possibly permanently -- because the new operator selected by the city couldn't come to terms with the food workers union, Mayor Bloomberg said last night. [more...]
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City to seek a new operator for Tavern on the Green
New York Times, May 20, 2010 - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has envisioned an unexpected, decidedly humble but likely temporary destiny for the shuttered, bankrupt, once-glittering Tavern on the Green restaurant: a Central Park snack bar, center for visitors and a retail facility. The mayor's announcement followed the collapse on Thursday of six months of negotiations between the restaurateur who was expected to become Tavern's operator, and the labor union that represents its 400 former employees. [more...]
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When guys want to meet girls: Aching Dogs production reviewed by Irish Voice
The Irish Voice, May 18, 2010 - In Guy Walks Into a Bar, Irish playwright Don Creedon's genuinely hilarious and caustic series of four interlinked new plays about love, lust and dating now playing at the Producer's Club in New York, the playwright casts a cold eye on the world of men. [more...]
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Tavern talks resume
New York Times, May 11, 2010 - Can Tavern on the Green be resurrected in our lifetime? Tuesday, for the second day, the designated new operator of the landmark restaurant in Central Park, Dean J. Poll, conducted negotiations with the Hotel and Motel Trades Council, which represents some 400 employees who have been looking for work since the restaurant shuttered early on Jan. 1. [more...]
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Dean Poll and the unions
New York Observer, May 11, 2010 - When the Parks Department last August chose Central Park Boathouse proprietor Dean Poll to take over Tavern on the Green, the city presented Mr. Poll with a diplomatic challenge: He would have to negotiate with a large, unionized workforce to craft a labor agreement that would allow the business to move forward. [more...]
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Tavern on the Green meeting held
Hotel Voice, May 10, 2010 - The Union held a meeting with Tavern on the Green strike captains last week to answer questions and provide an update. [more...]
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Aching Dogs presents New York Nuts 4, May 20 to 23
NYHTC, May 7, 2010 - The Aching Dogs Theatre Company, the New York Hotel Trades Council's theater group, is back for another must-see performance! [more...]
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Sam Chang's new Comfort Inn opens in Staten Island
NYHTC, May 7, 2010 - A 93-room Comfort Inn, developed by "budget hotel king" Sam Chang, opened for business on April 29. Located in Travis, near the Fresh Kills landfill, it is the first of three new budget hotels opening this year in Staten Island. [more...]
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NFL Players Association shows support for nonunion hotel workers fighting for union representation
NYHTC, May 7, 2010 - In advance of next year's NFL Scouting Combine, the Players Association has sent letters to the Westin Indianapolis, the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, and the Sheraton Indianapolis Hotel & Suites, expressing concern about the hotels' treatment of workers seeking to win union representation and their failure to pay the workers wages comparable to those in other cities. [more...]
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Harlem hotel wins city backing
Wall Street Journal, May 5, 2010 - New York City officials threw their support behind awarding $19.8 million in federal tax-exempt financing to former football star Emmitt Smith's plan to build a hotel in Harlem, officials confirmed Tuesday. [more...]
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New union hotel gets rave reviews
NYHTC, April 25, 2010 - The Andaz Wall Street, a new union hotel in downtown Manhattan, has earned high praise from critics. [more...]
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