Description
Offered here is the September 1950 issue of Hotel Workers of New York, an uncommon labor union publication that provides a vivid, firsthand view into the working lives of hotel staff in postwar Manhattan. Issued by the union itself, this magazine represents an era when workers organized for better wages, healthcare, and dignity on the job-and chronicled those efforts in their own words and photographs.
This issue includes:
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A detailed report on the opening of the Union Health Center at 501 W. 50th Street
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Photographic coverage of kitchen and service workers across NYC hotels
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Union updates on strikes, wage negotiations, and legislative progress
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Comparative wage charts showing earnings by job type
This is a powerful piece of labor history-documenting not just hospitality work in the 1950s, but the structure and priorities of a union at the height of its influence. A rare survival, it captures the voices and faces of the working class in a city on the rise.
Condition: Overall very good for age with expected light wear. There is minor pencil writing over the original address label on the back cover, not affecting interior content. A must-have for collectors of union memorabilia, hospitality history, or New York ephemera.
