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Hotel Housekeeping Labor

2 stories · First covered Mar 26, 2026 · Latest 2h ago
Hotel Housekeeping Labor Coverage
Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

Your Housekeepers Got a Raise This Year. They Still Took a Pay Cut.

Leisure and hospitality added 70,000 jobs in May, but average wage growth is running 80 basis points below inflation. The hotels that figure out how to talk about purchasing power instead of percentage increases will keep their people this summer... the ones that don't will spend July training replacements.

The Immigration Bill Died. Your Housekeeping Team Didn't Wait for the Vote.

The Immigration Bill Died. Your Housekeeping Team Didn't Wait for the Vote.

Congress just killed the last realistic shot at immigration reform, but if you're running a hotel, the labor crisis didn't start this week. It started the day your best room attendant didn't come back from her day off, and nobody on your bench could replace her.