And where should the union send your xmas gift (and the rest of us thank you for increasing rates).. Do you realize if the hotel did this your rates would be jacked because the extra costs would be past on to the customer, and if the hotel can't pass it on, it might not continue as a going concern (ala airlines) since they will be saddled with over-payed underperforming workers. Look at the unionized education system in our country for an overview.

Also:
"Workers generally want higher wage and pension increases and more health care guarantees than employers are offering, but the main sticking point in all of the talks is the union's insistence on a two-year contract which would end in 2006, the same time as seven other major North American hotel contracts.

The union wants to coordinate talks nationally in 2006 in order to deal nationally with hotel chains. Hoteliers want to avoid another standoff in two years and prefer local talks" (so as not to increase the unions power)