Hilton target of strike plan.

Publication: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Juan Gonzalez

Mar. 2--The country's largest hotel union has targeted the Hilton Hotels Corp. for what could be the first-ever nationwide hotel strike this summer.

"We've decided to isolate Hilton because they are the most recalcitrant and belligerent employer in the industry," said Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel Trades Council.

A major labor battle is not good news for this city's hotel owners, who enjoyed sky-high room prices and record occupancy rates in 2005.

And it's certainly not good news for Hilton, which currently owns the two biggest hotels in town, the New York...

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