Overview
- Union members ratified a contract after a 40-day strike that lifts the hotel’s wage floor from $16.50 to $20 and includes raises reaching $22 by 2028.
- The agreement adds job security provisions and workload improvements for housekeeping staff, with full details not yet released.
- About 100 George R. Brown Convention Center food-service workers employed by Levy have voted to authorize a strike, with no date set.
- Both hotel and convention center workers had pressed for a $23 hourly minimum, and the union previously rejected Hilton’s phased $17.50 counteroffer.
- A management agreement suggests higher wages would affect Houston First’s bottom line, even as the agency says Hilton is responsible for labor negotiations and Levy says service would continue if a strike occurs.