LABOR Hotel CEOs Prioritize Their Own Paychecks, Not Improvements for Their Companies or Workers
Labor disputes are continuing to rage between unionized hotel workers and the bosses at three major chains: Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt.
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Thousands of hotel workers across several U.S. cities went on strike over the weekend because of COVID-19 pandemic-era cuts made to the hospitality industry that they say resulted in lower wages and higher workloads…
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Olympic breakfast off the menu? Staff at IOC’s luxury Paris hotel go on strike
The International Olympic Committee was embarrassed on Thursday morning when workers from the luxury hotel occupied by its delegation at Paris 2024 went on strike, claiming they have not received a pay rise for seven years…
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Union calls Virgin Hotels’ ‘final’ offer in contract negotiations ‘inadequate’
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas’ latest contract proposal for employees is “unacceptable for workers,” Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge said Thursday.
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Efling Union Workers to Vote on Strike
Janitorial staff in Efling Union will vote on strike action starting this Monday. If approved, cleaners in the Reykjavík capital area would strike on March 18…
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Hotel employees say their bodies were recently thrown to the ground by hotel security while striking
UNITE HERE Local 11, a union representing workers in the hospitality industry has accused the Fairmont Miramar hotel in Southern California of violent actions against its striking employees…
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Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city’s economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip’s inaugural Formula 1 races later this…
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A hotel worker's 3-hour commute tells the story of LA's housing crisis and her strike
Brenda Mendoza was born and raised in Los Angeles' Koreatown, just a 10-minute drive from the upscale JW Marriott hotel where she's been working for 14 years…
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After three months of rolling strikes, second L.A. hotel reaches tentative agreement with union
After nearly three months of sporadic strikes at dozens of hotels in Southern California, the union representing workers at one property — the Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles — announced Friday that it has reached a tentative deal for higher pay…
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Why U.S. hotels are missing more than 238,000 employees
Hotels and resorts learned to operate with leaner staffing models during the pandemic…
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Support grows as hotel workers carry out rolling strikes in LA
Striking UNITE HERE Local 11 members march in Los Angeles July 21. “Strikes can happen anytime, anyplace,” Kurt Petersen, co-president of the Local, said of the union’s rolling walkouts. LOS ANGELES — Chanting “On strike. Shut it down. L.A…
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Meet the Hotel Workers on Strike in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES — Last week, hotel companies like the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott presented a new economic proposal amid waves of strikes by hotel workers…
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