The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.
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Approximately 100 unionized workers at the George R. Brown Convention Center will take a strike vote, they announced on Wednesday.
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Convention center workers are considering labor action as hundreds of employees at the nearby Hilton Americas-Houston are in their third week of a strike. Both facilities are owned by a local government corporation.
As the strike by Hilton Americas-Houston hotel workers continues without significant concessions at the negotiating table, union officials are drawing attention to the owner of the downtown hotel — Houston First.
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The city’s local government corporation for tourism and conventions, Houston First, has mostly stayed behind the scenes amid the ongoing labor dispute. UNITE HERE Local 23 workers are trying to change that.
With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.
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About two dozen people asked the city council to defer the closure of the east-west thoroughfare. With the George R. Brown Convention Center expansion plowing ahead, a delay appears unlikely.
A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.
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Phase one of a downtown project includes a 700,000-square foot expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center in the form of the GRB Houston South building, which will feature two exhibition halls, the largest ballroom in Texas and ground-level spaces for retail stores and restaurants. The project also calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.
Modern Indian in Houston was one of the select few restaurants to earn a Michelin Star this week.
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A restaurant is rated with one star based on consistency, ingredient quality, harmony of flavors, mastery of techniques and the personality of the chef expressed through cuisine, according to the Michelin Guide.
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