Unions Criticize Harris County Commissioners for Great Wolf Lodge Tax Break

We are disappointed that Harris County Commissioners’ Court voted yesterday to approve an estimated $10M tax break for Great Wolf Lodge to build a hotel and indoor water park in Webster with zero community benefits or labor standards. Commissioners has the opportunity and obligation to leverage multi-million dollar tax breaks like this one to benefit low-income and unemployed families in Harris County who desperately need safe, living-wage and union jobs.

Great Wolf Lodge is a $2.9B company owned by private equity firms the Blackstone Group and CenterBridge Partners. They don’t need our tax dollars.

Counties and cities in Texas and around the country require pro- working family provisions like local and second chance hire, apprenticeship programs, $15/hr wage floors, healthcare benefits, and community benefits for the neighborhoods the developments come into. We expect our elected officials to consult and go to bat for the hotel, service, and construction workers that make projects like these possible.