EXCLUSIVE: Many of the major talent agencies across New York and Los Angeles, including the likes of CAA, WME and UTA, were hit with a letter Tuesday asking agents and their clients to boycott the Surrey Hotel in New York City, at least for now.

The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, the union that represents about 40,000 hotel and gaming workers across New York and New Jersey, sent the letter over an ongoing labor dispute with the Surrey’s management.

In it, the HTC asks agents and their clients not only to refrain from booking a stay at the Surrey for the time being but also “consider how your voice, values, and visibility might support workers at this moment.”

Read the letter in full below.

The ongoing dispute began in 2020 when, after the Surrey was forced into bankruptcy, the hot

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