Tipping Workers 
Workers in tipping category jobs such as waithelp and bell workers will get an increase of nearly 9.9 percent by the end of the five year agreement. They will receive a 2 percent wage increase in the first, second, and third year and 1.75 percent in the fourth and fifth year of the contract. Beginning on January 2009, tipping category workers will receive two times their base pay when they take vacations. They currently receive one and one-half times their pay.

Porterage for bell workers will increase to $4.00, then to $4.50 in 2010 and will apply to every person with baggage. Tour deliveries will increase to $1.50 immediately, to $1.75 in October 2009, then to $2.00 in October 2010.

Valets service charge will increase to $2.25 starting in January 2008. It will increase to $2.50 in January 2009, then to $3.00 in January 2010.

$3.00 in January 2010. Banquet, Bell and Valet Captains’ base wage will increase to $9.25 an hour.

Tipping workers will receive a larger service charge of 16 percent on meals and cocktail services. This will increase to 16.5 percent in 2010, then to 17 percent in 2011. Wedding premiums will increase from $60 to $100.

Room service charge will increase to 17 percent.

Housekeeping 
The housekeeping premium on rollaway, cribs or sofa beds will increase to $2.25 immediately. It will increase to $2.50 in October 2008, to $2.75 in October 2009, then to $3.00 in October 2010. The premium will be paid regardless of whether the linen is changed.

Housekeepers workload will be reduced by 2 credits if they are assigned to clean rooms on four or more floors or in two different towers. 

The premium for licensed maintenance employees will increase from 40 cents to 50 cents.

All employees 
The hotel will continue to pay 100 percent of the cost to provide medical and dental benefits for full-time and part-time employees under the ILWU Health and Welfare Trust Fund.

The hotel will increase their pension contribution to 40 cents for every hour worked by each full-time and part-time employee in January 2008. This will increase to 45 cents an hour in 2009, then to 50 cents an hour in 2010. This money is paid into the pension trust fund and credited to each employee for their retirement benefits.

 Funeral leave will be extended to five working days if an employee attends a funeral or ceremony out-of-state. ◆