Other wins are housekeeping workload reductions, improved safety and better job security amid advancements in technology, including robot bartenders.
“After seven months of negotiations, we are proud to say that this is the best contract and economic package we have ever won in our 88-year-history,” Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer and chief negotiator, said in a statement. Terms of the new five-year contracts haven’t yet been released, but the Culinary Workers Union said the agreements provide significant pay raises and safety improvements.