Trump Hotel Workers Just Proved 'We Can Take On the Powerful and Win'

Over 500 workers at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas now have a four-year contract starting January 1, 2017, union officials said Wednesday.

The luxury hotel is co-owned by President-elect Donald Trump, who recently used his social media platform to deliver “classic management anti-union propaganda,” and whose pick for labor secretary, fast-food executive Andrew Puzder, has drawn the ire of worker advocacy organizations.

The agreement for workers represented by the Culinary Workers Union and Bartenders Union, which are part of the labor union UNITE HERE, will afford workers “annual wage increases, a pension, family healthcare, and job security,” a statement from UNITE HERE reads.

The union also said that it had reached an agreement with Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. to allow for “an orderly organizing campaign.”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called it an “inspiring victory.”

“In two different ways, they have proven we can take on the powerful and win, even when the boss is running for President of the United States. UNITE HERE members are setting the standard and proving that collectively we hold the power to make the rules of this economy work for working people,” Trumka added in a statement.

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