N.Y.C. Hotel Housekeepers Will Earn Over $100,000 Under New Contract - The New York Times

The average pay of housekeepers in New York City hotels will increase to more than $100,000 a year as part of a contract settlement between an industry trade group and a powerful union. - Patrick McGeehan

• The deal, which the group ratified on Monday, averts a threatened strike this summer that could have disrupted the influx of tourists expected for the World Cup and America 250 festivities.
• The owners of nearly 250 hotels in the city reached agreement with the union, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, on an eight-year contract that would increase wages by more than 50 percent for workers, union officials said. 
• The hotel owners will continue to pay the full cost of providing health-care benefits for 27,000 union members and their families...