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NYC hotel housekeepers earn big raises, panic buttons
According to a story in Wednesday's New York Times, New York City's largest union representing hotel workers has reached a long term contract with major hotel operators in the city which will give housekeepers and other employees big raises and will provide panic buttons for some hotel staff. Officials said that housekeepers, room service waiters and minibar attendants will receive electronic devices that will allow them to call for help.Sources quoted in the story refused to confirm if the measure was in response to the Stauss-Khan affair of 2011, in which a housekeeper accused the then director of the IMF of sexual assault. The deal will also give hotel housekeepers and other workers health and pension benefits and raises of 29% over the life of the new seven year contract.
Union spokesperson John Turchiano provided the following details to Gadling regarding pay increases for hotel employees at most of New York's largest hotels. The first figure represents current pay and the second represents what their pay will be by the end of the new 7 year contract.
Front desk representatives: $46,644-$60,208
Electricians- $49,140- $63,440
Bellpersons- $24,187- $31,231
Housekeepers- $46,337-$59,823
Turchiano said that "tipped" workers like bellpersons made less because it is assumed that they will receive tips. Housekeepers, however, aren't considered "tipped" workers. According to The New York Times, per capita income in New York City was $52,375 as of 2009. Would this increased pay impact how you tip a NYC hotel housekeeper?
| No. Whether they make $8 an hour or $60,000 per year, I would still tip the same. | |
|---|---|
| I might tip a bit less or not at all, knowing that NYC housekeepers will make nearly $60,000 in salary on average. |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Squeeks910 Feb 10th 2012 9:15AM
I think the panic button is fantastic, no matter what your profession if you feel you need it the employer whould supply it. As for the raise, absolutely, what they have to do with some of the people they clean up after, no money is enough..Congrats to them all.
Denise Feb 10th 2012 2:01PM
i think if you are getting paid 60,000 a year you are getting paid to do that job already....if you are a food server or someone who's wage is set around the fact that you get tips then ok....but someone making 60,000 a year is making plenty that they should not be getting any tips at all!
BTDT Feb 10th 2012 8:57AM
They earn ever penny of it.
Squeeks910 Feb 10th 2012 9:16AM
Absolutely
James Kent Feb 10th 2012 3:05PM
Your reservation is lost or your room isn't ready for hours. Everyone expects a tip for opening a door. Most of New York's high-end hotels are infected with bed bugs earning our fair town the ciatation of "Bed Bug City." Still they arrive, fifty million tourists each year with bed bugs in their cases, tossed into air cargo and spun down terminal carousels that are never, NEVER disenfected.
New York is already crowded. Stay home!
Susan Feb 10th 2012 3:45PM
As a housekeeper, I do not recive many tips. It is nice when you leave the room a mess that you leave a tip. We do tip if the room is clean when we travel
mariama Apr 19th 2012 8:50PM
hi everybody i am a mother of two boys and being out of work since october. i have being looking for job but looks like all the door are close for me.I would like to know how can i became a housekeeper in nyc?.what can i do? do i need a training or what? and where can i go?So please anybody who knows something tell me ,any information is helpfull.
thank you.
walk Feb 11th 2012 12:13PM
I must be in the wrong like of work if a housekeeper can make that kind of money. Gotta love unions! I disagree with all this tipping... I work hard and I never get a tip from my clients - nor is it ever expected.