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13,500 US Hotel Workers Hold Strike Votes Over Pay And Conditions

August 7, 2024 Michael Sainato, Portside. , , ,
About 13,500 hotel workers across Boston, Honolulu, Providence and San Francisco will vote on whether to strike this week as they push for significant wage increases and protections against job cuts. Employees at leading chains including Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott and Omni will decide in the coming days whether to approve the walkouts. The hotel industry stands accused of having used the Covid-19 crisis to reduce staffing and increase workloads. Workers were hit on multiple fronts in recent years, as thousands faced layoffs and furloughs during the pandemic, only to return to work with stagnant wages as inflation soared, and higher workloads due to policies such as the elimination of daily room cleanings, causing rooms to be messier and coinciding with staff reductions.

Marriott Hotel Strikers Set A New Industry Standard

December 29, 2018 By Samantha Winslow, Labornotes.org , , ,
After two months of strikes, workers at the largest hotel company in the world have won their biggest demands and set a new pattern for the hospitality industry. The seven UNITE HERE locals in Hawaii, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, Detroit, and Boston bargained separately, but similar contract expiration dates allowed 7,700 workers to strike Marriott at the same time. Their common demands focused on three areas—job security, workload, and wages and benefits—and the slogan, “One Job Should Be Enough.” Employees stopped Marriott from making them choose between wages and benefits. Details varied local by local, but across the country they won on both.

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