Panic buttons to the rescue
In the wake of former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest for assault, and another similar incident, hotels are considering new security moves. The Pierre in New York City, for one, is equipping all room attendants with panic buttons.
"Let everybody in the world traveling to New York know that when they stay in a hotel room, the person cleaning that room is armed with a button that they can immediately press if you’re stupid enough to get inappropriate," said Peter Ward, president of the New York Hotel & Motel Trades Council, which represents about 30,000 workers.
The Sofitel New York has also agreed to arm attendants with panic buttons, union officials told newspapers.
Ward added that the union has begun working on legislation to make panic buttons mandatory at all New York hotels and would be asking for language requiring them in the next union contract, which expires next year.
By David Wilkening
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