Five area union hotels were rated among the best of the best by AAA for 2012. Local winners of the coveted Four Diamond Award included the Hay-Adams, Mayflower Hotel, the Omni Shoreham, the Fairfax at Embassy Row and Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on the Potomac, National Harbor. Unite Here Local 25 represents workers at all five hotels.

“We’re very proud of the outstanding efforts of our members in contributing to the high standards necessary to win this award,” said Unite Here Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John Boardman.

“Our members have been setting the industry’s professional standards in the nation’s capitol for more than 70 years.” Click here to locate these and other area union establishments in the Metro Council’s online Union Shop. - Union City daily