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HERE Creates Web Site to Target Ritz Carlton Project

BALTIMORE-The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees

By Marlon Millner | Updated on October 09, 2001

BALTIMORE-The Hotel Employees and Restaurants Employeesunion has taken another step in fighting a proposedluxury hotel and condominium project at the Inner Harborhere by creating a Web site attacking the project. HEREhas launched www.lisquarewatch.org, a site that tracksnews and information about LI Square Corp., a New York-based development partnership that has plans to build a225-room hotel under the Ritz Carlton brand and 97luxury condominiums.

The Web site is only the most recent salvo against thedevelopment project. Just over one month ago, HERE putout a research report attacking the development. In thatreport, the union contended that LI Square has not beenwilling to talk with HERE about a labor peace agreement,which in part would allow the union to attempt toorganize workers on the project. The union also attackedthe labor track record of Atlanta-based Ritz Carlton andits parent company, Marriott International of Bethesda,MD.

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