Search
Advertisement

Local News

Most Watched On KDKA.com

Big Ben Donates Police Dog More
| Digg | Facebook | E-mail | Print
Jul 17, 2008 7:04 pm US/Eastern

Pittsburgh Hilton Hotel Facing Crisis?

Reporting
Marty Griffin
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Union leaders representing hundreds of employees say the Hilton Hotel is in crisis.

The hotel, bought out by the Shubh Hotels, a Pakistani group out of Floriday, has been under renovation for nearly two years.

Tonight, the contractors have pulled out and taken their men and equipment. Many of them have sued the hotel owners and filed more than $1 million in liens against the property.

According to union representatives, the hotel is behind by more than $1 million in payments to the health and pension funds of employees. And union leaders are worried there will be no money to pay the employees Friday morning - pay day.

The hotel in Pittsburgh is not owned by the Hilton corporation. KDKA's Marty Griffin placed numerous calls to the new owners and was told they are out of the country and unavailable for comment.

Griffin spoke to the hotel general manager. He admits they are having a funding problem right now and admits they have not paid certain employee benefits or certain contractors. He says they are working hard to resolve the problem.

He also says this is the busy season for the hotel.

We do not know how the hotel would handle losing all of its employees tomorrow. The manager would not comment on that possibility.

(© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Featured Slideshows On KDKA.com

From Our Partners

Video

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Local News

Top News Stories

Advertisement

© MMVIII, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.