Hotel workers strike in Seattle, Washington, joining thousands of US strikers
Source: VOA/Reuters
October 12, 2024 8:32 PM
More than a hundred Hilton hotel workers in Seattle have walked off the job, calling for higher wages, fair staffing and workloads, and the reversal of COVID-19 era cuts, the Unite Here union said on Saturday.
"The weeklong strikes by 374 workers at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport and Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center will last until the early hours of Oct. 19," the union said.
"We remain committed to negotiating in good faith to reach fair and reasonable agreements that are beneficial to both our valued team members and to our hotels," a Hilton spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
More than 4,300 hotel workers are now on strike at Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels in Honolulu, Hawaii; Seattle, Washington, and the California cities of San Diego and San Francisco. Around 2,000 workers walked off the job in September at Hilton's largest hotel in the world, the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.
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