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Hotel Industry
Contact: Laura Dresser, COWS Research
Director, ldresser at cows.org
In the past 30 years, hotel industry employment has nearly tripled
– but poorly paid housekeeping and kitchen staff are under
enormous pressure to “do more with less.” Our project,
“Hotel Workers and Industry Change,” looks at the impact
of industry restructuring on entry-level workers, and examines strategies
– including union-initiated projects – that have lessened
its negative effects. In addition to using quantitative data, COWS
researchers have conducted more than 150 face-to-face interviews with
hotel managers, union representatives, and employees.
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