Workers at Milwaukee’s Trade hotel seek union, accuse employer of unfair labor practices

Hospitality workers at The Trade hotel in Milwaukee are working to form a union.

They filed a complaint over the weekend with the National Labor Relations Board, accusing the hotel’s owner and operator, NCG Hospitality, of using unfair labor practices. In a statement, NCG Hospitality disputed those allegations, saying it “has not and will not interfere with the right to unionize.”

Union organizers say a majority of workers at the hotel — across the street from Fiserv Forum — signed membership cards and asked the company to recognize the union last Thursday.