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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

MeetingsNet

As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events. The compensation and benefits for American pilots will be more than $9 billion across the four-year contract.

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Strikes Begin at Several Meeting Hotels in SoCal

MeetingsNet

The reason: an expired labor contract for about 15,000 Local 11 workers across 65 hotels. Under such a deal, wages for housekeepers in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles who currently earn 25 dollars an hour would rise 10 percent next year, and be more than 31 dollars per hour by 2027.

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A Look at Planners’ Powerful Partners: CSMs

MeetingsNet

It’s tough to imagine a meeting that might run more smoothly than the Event Services Professionals Association’s annual conference, the most recent edition of which took place in late January in Indianapolis. A lot of planners don’t know these experiences can happen in their meeting.”

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IMEX America 2021: Day 2 Highlights

Smart Meetings

As MPI celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is looking forward to 2027 with a new contract for CEO and president Paul Van Deventer with a focus on advocacy, innovation and education to expand and engage a diverse community. ” Plus, more updates from Smart Meetings TV! .” Maryann Smith, Disney Meetings & Events.

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