But the Culinary Union isn't outside anymore. Instead, union officials and workers were inside, celebrating the signing of the resort’s first contract with the union with acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su in September.
Ted Pappageorge, the union’s secretary-treasurer, said the long wait demonstrates the union’s tenacity.
“But it also says that, look, when there is something that is the right thing to do, the Culinary Union, we’re going to stick with workers until the very end,” he said. “We don’t care how long it takes, and how hard it is, and how much work there is involved. We’ll outlast folks, and we’ll do whatever it takes to make sure workers have their voice.”