http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/tourism-boom-pays-ny-hotel-union When the New York Hotel Trades Council ratified a new contract for hotel workers last month, much of the media coverage focused on "panic buttons." Coming after the <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/09/19/140592335/strauss-kahn-no-apology-concedes-grave-moral-mistake">sexual assault allegations</a> against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the idea of housekeepers wearing a badge that could call for help was all over the news.<p>But the <em>real</em> labor story is the long-term contract the hotel workers union and the industry negotiated. Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:35:00 +0000 Margot Adler 2274 at http://nhpr.org Tourism Boom Pays Off For N.Y. Hotel Union