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Major corporate lobbying groups such as the [[National Right to Work Committee]], the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]] AHLA's organization developed and its local affiliates like [[Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce]]rolled out a new brand strategy from 2012-2014, and the [[American Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC) and its local offshoot the [[American City County Exchange]] (ACCE), have been pushing such policies including a new "operating model" that foregrounds AHLA's "advocacy" efforts in the United States for decadeslawmaking.<ref name="alec rtw billabout"/>Center for Media and Democracy, Its stated mission is "[http://alecexposed.org/w/images/c/c8/1R10-Right_to_Work_Act_Exposed.pdf Right to Work Act Exposedt]o serve the lodging industry by providing representation at the national level in governmental affairs," ALEC Exposed projecteducation, research, communications, accessed February 12diversity, 2015and value-added services.</ref>"<ref name="hypocritical zeal2013 strategic plan">Jonas PerssonAHLA, "[httphttps://prwatchwww.ahla.orgcom/newsuploadedFiles/2015/03/12758/national-right-work-committee-attacking-wisconsin-hypocritical-zeal National Right to Work Committee Attacks WI Workers with Hypocritical Zeal2013%20strategic%20plan.pdf 2013 Strategic Plan]," Center for Media and Democracyorganizational publication, ''PR Watch'', March 3, 2015. Accessed March 6accessed December 30, 20152014.</ref>
Advocates of ====Spinning Minimum Wage Increases as "Extreme Wages"right ====Despite its claims that most industry workers are already paid above minimum wage, AHLA actively campaigns against raising it, referring to workcurrent minimum wage campaigns as " like the [[National Right extreme wage initiatives." The term appears to Work Legal Defense Foundation]] and have been coined by the [[Koch]]-founded and -funded [[Americans for Prosperity]] sometimes claim that hotel industry, as the laws are needed to protect workers from being forced to join a union or to pay Center for political campaigningMedia and Democracy reported.<ref>National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, name="extreme wages"[http://www.nrtw.org/en/b/rtw_faq.htm Right to Work FAQ]> In an early instance," organizational press release, accessed February 16, 2015the AHLA announced in January 2014 that it would “beat back the growing emergence of extreme minimum and living wage initiatives” nationwide.</ref><ref>Americans for Prosperity WisconsinKevin Bogardus, "[http://americansforprosperitythehill.orgcom/wisconsinbusiness-a-lobbying/articlebusiness-a-lobbying/afp196509-wihotels-nowvow-isto-thefight-timeback-foragainst-rightextreme-tominimum-work/ Now is the Time for Right wage Hotel industry vows to Workfight back against ‘extreme’ minimum wage bills], organizational website" ''The Hill'', January 27, February 202014. Accessed March 19, 2015.</ref> However, federal law already includes provisions for workers who object to union membership, but who are working as As part of a bargaining unit represented by a unionthis strategy, as explained by AHLA also commissioned John W. O’Neill with the National Labor Relations Board: "Even under School of Hospitality Management at Penn State to conduct a security agreement, employees who object to full union membership may continue as 'core' members and pay only that share “study” on the effects of dues used directly for representation, such as collective bargaining and contract administration“extreme wage initiatives” on the hotel industry. Known as objectorsNot only did they fund the research, they are no longer full members but are still protected by also instructed the former hotel executive to use the union contractword “extreme."”<ref>National Labor Relations Board, name="[http://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employerunion-rights-and-obligations Employer/Union Rights and Obligations],extreme wages" government website, accessed February 16, 2015.</ref><ref>[http://legisworks.org/sal/61/stats/STATUTE-61-Pg136a.pdf Labor Management Relations Act], U.S. federal law, passed 1947.</ref><ref>[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/487/735/ Communications Workers of America v. Beck], U.S. Supreme Court case, 1988.</ref>
So-called O'Neill's report, issued in June 2014, argued, "Extreme minimum wage rates would not only decrease employment, but also decrease opportunities for upward mobility in the hospitality industry."<ref name="right to workextreme wage report" laws do not create a right to have or hold a job>John W. O'Neill, "[http://www.ahla.com/uploadedFiles/WageSurveyJune2014.pdf Extreme Wage Initiatives & the Hotel Industry: Impact on Local Communities and should not be confused with the Nation]," American Hotel & Lodging Association report, June 2014.</ref> O'Neill completed a program at the AHLA Educational Institute in 1998 making him an AHLA "right to workCertified Hospitality Educator" and has worked in upper management for Marriott Corporation and Holiday Inn International and as described in a consultant for the Uindustry with Laventhol & Horwath and Coopers & Lybrand.N. Declaration of Human RightsO'Neill regularly writes for industry magazines like ''Lodging Hospitality'' and ''Hotel News Now''.<ref>United NationsJohn W. O'Neill, "[http://www.unhhdev.orgpsu.edu/endirectory/documents/udhr/ U.Noneill-john-fid-84-vitae. Declaration of Human Rightspdf Curriculum Vitae]," Article 28, organizational document, December 10, 1948. Accessed accessed February 125, 2015.</ref>
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<h3>[[Right to WorkAmerican Hotel & Lodging Association]]</h3> '''Excerpt from a longer SourceWatch article on Right to Workthe American Hotel & Lodging Association''':
[[ImageFile:RTW-Right-lose-wages200pxAHLA_logo_375x208.jpgpng|200200px|thumb|right]]"The '''Right to workAmerican Hotel & Lodging Association'''" policies undermine unions by preventing them from negotiating contract provisions (AHLA) is a U.S.-based trade group that require all workersrepresents the lodging industry, which includes chain and independent hotels, including non-membersreal estate investment trusts (REITs), to contribute to and companies that manage and supply the costs lodging industry. AHLA is based in Washington, D.C. and is connected with a network of worker representation on state-level associations across the jobU. S.<ref name="Right about">AHLA, "[http://ahla.com/content.aspx?id=3438 About Us], organizational website, accessed December 30, 2014.</ref> AHLA has become a powerful force lobbying against higher wages and greater health care coverage for its workers, and in 2014 filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles law to workraise the wage for hotel workers to $15.37.<ref name="la lawsuit">David Zahniser and Emily Alpert Reyes, " encourages [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hotel-wage-lawsuit-20141215-story.html Industry groups sue over L.A.'s minimum wage for hotel workers to ],"free ride''L.A. Times'', December 16, 2014. Accessed March 12,2015.</ref><ref name=" gaining all the advantages of the union contract without paying a share of the costs of collective bargaining extreme wages">Mary Bottari and worker representationJonas Persson, "[http://www. "Right prwatch.org/news/2015/01/12708/hotel-lobby-sues-la-coordinated-campaign-against-family-supporting-jobs-and- Hotel Lobby Sues Los Angeles to workBlock “Extreme” Wages]," laws do not create a right to employmentCenter for Media and Democracy, ''PR Watch'', January 12, 2015. Accessed March 12, do nothing to improve in any way a person2015.</ref> AHLA's odds of getting or keeping a jobboard includes members from major hotel and resort companies, including Omni, IHG, [[Wyndham International]], [[Marriott]], [[Hilton]], [[Hyatt]], Carlson, and do not create any jobsothers.
'''Read the entire SourceWatch page on the [[WalmartAmerican Hotel & Lodging Association|Right to Work American Hotel & Lodging Association here]]'''.
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