One of the largest hospitality unions in the United States is joining forces with the lobbying arm of the hotel industry to call on Congress for direct money to hotels suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The American Hotel & Lodging Association released a joint statement with UNITE HERE, a union of hotel and hospitality employees with more than 300,000 members, asking Congress to pass the Save Hotel Jobs Act.
Introduced by Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Florida U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, the bill would direct a fund of $20 billion to go toward hotel payroll expenses and creates a tax credit for workers. It also adds a guarantee for laid-off employees to get the right to return when their previous employers begin hiring again.
