with the city ' s hotels in the midst of a sudden slowdown in business , members are seeking wage reductions and other concessions from the owners represented 27 , 500 bellhops , housekeepers and waiters . but the locals are tracing a lines along hotel lobbying , from the highest - end carlyle to the more cost - informed ramada hotels , saying they feel no obligation to cross now that utilities are increasing price in an attempted to fill vacant accommodation with tourists , engineers and other travelers . it is just too soon to judge the financial performance of the industrial , say peter bishop , president of the new brooklyn hotel and motel trades councils , an alignment of hotel union .
The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council is an alliance of hotel unions.