RHC Operating LLC v. New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO

  1. May 19, 2023

    Roosevelt Hotel Reopens To Migrants, Ending Union Litigation

    A New York City union pension fund's $24.5 million lawsuit against the Roosevelt Hotel has settled, as the midtown Manhattan hotel has agreed to recall some workers, pay severance to others and reopen as a first-of-its-kind intake center for asylum-seekers, pursuant to a contract with the city.

  2. May 09, 2023

    2nd Circ. Wary Of Roosevelt Hotel's Union Disclosure Defense

    A Second Circuit panel appeared likely Tuesday to uphold an arbitrator's order that the operator of a shuttered Manhattan hotel pay potentially millions of dollars in severance to laid-off workers and turn over documents to a union detailing any deals to sell, criticizing arguments that the arbitrator overstepped.

  3. May 05, 2023

    NY Forecast: 2nd Circ. Weighs Roosevelt Hotel Row

    Manhattan's Roosevelt Hotel will argue to the Second Circuit on Tuesday that the company isn't required to provide information to a union about the effects of the hotel's closure in 2020. Here, Law360 looks at this dispute and other major labor and employment cases in New York.

  4. February 06, 2023

    Roosevelt Hotel Seeks Halt To Arbitration Over Pension Funds

    The shuttered Roosevelt Hotel urged a New York state court to stop a union's arbitration bid over labor contract details that relate to whether the company owes $24.5 million in pension fund contributions, arguing the issue is already part of a federal court dispute.

  5. January 10, 2023

    NY Hotel Union, Cos. Battle Over Post-Shutdown Obligations

    The New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council and the owners of the shuttered Roosevelt Hotel traded blows in a pair of disputes over whether the hotel was obligated to hand over documents related to the hotel's closure and $24.5 million in pension fund contributions.