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More Than 7,000 Marriott Workers Across the U.S. Are On Strike
8 monthes ago - By Fortune
Roughly 7,700 Marriott hotel workers are on strike nationally as of Monday, as housekeepers, desk attendants, and other non-management employees from a handful of Hawaii hotels joined strikes already ongoing in Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Detroit, and San Diego.
The workers, represented by Unite Here, are demanding higher wages, job protection, and workplace safety. Unite Here has been in talks with Marriott management for months, according to a press release , but authorized strikes when the company failed to make adequate progress on their demands. Talks are ongoing, but...
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