Staff demand wage increases and reversal of pandemic-era cutbacks that impose ‘painful’ working conditionsThousands of US hotel workers went on strike on Sunday for improved pay and conditions in a dispute likely to disrupt many Labor Day weekend holiday travelers, amid union warnings that industrial action could escalate.More than 10,000 workers walked off the job at hotels in Boston, Seattle, Honolulu, Kauai and Greenwich, Connecticut, as well as the Californian cities of San Francisco, Sand Diego and San Jose after contract talks with the establishments’ owners collapsed. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/01/hotel-workers-strike-labor-day-weekend
Author : Robert Tait
Publish date : 2024-09-01 17:46:35
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More than 10,000 US hotel workers strike on Labor Day weekend
