Kamala Harris' presidential campaign’s focus on labor should extend beyond the holiday, as well as into other “houses of labor.'
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In particular, Harris needs to address the growing hotel workers’ strike, much in the manner she did back in January in Nevada for casino workers. The strike at hotels is now occurring in nine major cities, with more than 10,000 workers at 25 hotels from Boston to Hawaii on strike early Sunday. Although a good number returned to work on Tuesday, a considerable number continue to walk the picket lines, demanding an increase in salaries, better working conditions, and more staff help, including workers deployed in the daily cleaning of rooms.
“I walked out today because we just cannot keep working paycheck to paycheck, not able to pay our bills,” said Jerome Roberts, a dishwasher at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor, in a statement. “Going on strike is hard, but not nearly as hard as trying to get by on what we are getting paid. We told the bosses in our negotiations how much we are struggling right now, but they didn’t care. We are on strike to make them pay.
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