WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va.– Employees of the Greenbrier Resort have ratified a new three year contract with the resort.
Members of the eight unions which make up the Unions of the Greenbrier collective bargaining unit represent 600 workers at the hotel. The new agreement is a three year deal and is effective immediately. It will run through May 1, 2025.
A news release from the union announcing the results of the vote indicate the Greenbrier Hotel Corporation and the negotiators for the union bargained in good faith for 90 days to reach the agreement. The process involved one rejection of an agreement earlier and an extension of the old contract.
The new agreement includes an immediate pay raise, a bonus for workers in June 2022, and built in raises for 2023 and 2024. Union officials say it’s the best pay raise package in the history of the bargaining relationship. The agreement also includes improvements in health insurance, retirement benefits, paid sick leave, and other enhancements.
The unions represented in the bargaining unit include:
–Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board of Workers United, Local 863
–Untied Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 439
–Communications Workers of America
–The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employee and Moving Picture Machine Operators of the United States, It’s Territories, and Canada, AFL-CIO
–International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ Union Local Union No. 466, AFL-CIO
–LIUNA Local 1353, WV AFL-CIO an affiliate of the WV Appalachian Laborers’ District Council
–International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, District 53, Local Union 970
–United Association of Journeymen, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Apprentices, Local Union 625