The Jefferson hotel – whose workers belong to UNITE HERE Local 25 -- ranks Number 10 on U.S. News & World Report's 2015 list of the nation's best hotels, jumping from number 99 on last year’s list. "Aside from honors from Fodor's and Frommer's, The Jefferson earned recognition from more industry experts in 2015, including Travel and Leisure and Lonely Planet," writes U.S. News. The Jefferson also got rave reviews from travelers, who said that the hotel's staff members went out of their way to make their stays memorable, helping it to nab a spot on the Conde Nast Readers' Choice List as well.
Here's today's labor history: On this date in 1910, a few weeks after workers asked for a 25-cent hourly wage, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company fired 173 union members and brought in replacements from New York City. Striker-scab battles and a general strike ensued. In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of sales clerk Leura Collins and her union, the Retail Clerks, in NLRB versus J. Weingarten Inc.—the case establishing that workers have a right to request the presence of their union steward if they believe they are to be disciplined for a workplace infraction. And in 1986, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee signed an agreement with the Campbell Soup Co., ending a 7-year boycott. Today's labor quote is from a Weingarten Rights card, which many union members carry at all times, with instructions to read word for word: "If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my union representative, officer, or steward be present at this meeting. Until my representative arrives, I choose not to participate in this discussion."
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