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SouthBayDem

(32,477 posts)
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 01:30 PM Sep 2024

1,500 striking S.F. workers call on major Union Square hotels to 'do the right thing'

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

About 1,500 San Francisco hotel workers walked off their jobs Sunday to protest what they say are painful workloads and inadequate wages for the cost of living and health care in the Bay Area.

Organized by Unite Here Local 2, the strike comes after months of contract negotiations with the Grand Hyatt San Francisco Union Square, Hilton San Francisco Union Square and Westin St. Francis as well as a three-day strike over the Labor Day weekend.

Workers on strike included housekeepers, bellhops, cooks, dishwashers, servers, bartenders and others, whose previous contract in San Francisco expired on Aug. 14.

The Labor Day strike, when nearly 2,500 Bay Area hotel workers struck at seven hotels, was the biggest walkout since 2018. The strike underscores the difficulty that many service and hospitality workers have had in recovering from a pandemic economic slump that has left downtown San Francisco with fewer shoppers, visitors and tourists.

Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-hotel-strike-19784420.php

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1,500 striking S.F. workers call on major Union Square hotels to 'do the right thing' (Original Post) SouthBayDem Sep 2024 OP
And the downward spiral in downtown SF continues BrianTheEVGuy Sep 2024 #1
Fortunately they did this after the big tech conference they had in the city this past week kimbutgar Sep 2024 #2

BrianTheEVGuy

(574 posts)
1. And the downward spiral in downtown SF continues
Sun Sep 22, 2024, 01:50 PM
Sep 2024

I was in SF earlier this year and was shocked to see how badly downtown and Union Square had collapsed. Downtown Detroit is more lively and cleaner these days.

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