SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — The last group of striking hotel workers in San Francisco are voting Tuesday to approve a tentative agreement for a new
FILE - Hotel workers and members of Unite Here Local 2 march through downtown in San Francisco, on Oct. 30, 2024. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The last group of striking hotel workers in San Francisco are voting Tuesday to approve a tentative agreement for a new contract with Hilton, ending a strike that has lasted three months.
Since September, more than 10,000 hotel workers have gone on strike in 11 cities across the U.S. The San Francisco strike grew to include about 2,500 hotel workers, according to Unite Here Local 2. Some were arrested during a demonstration in October as union members sat in a busy street by a Hilton hotel.
The union said the deal includes preserving workers’ union health insurance plans, wage increases, and new protections against understaffing and workload increases. The new contract would expire in 2028.“These 93 days have not been easy, and I’m so proud that my coworkers and I never gave up,” Bill Fung, a janitor at the Union Square hotel, said in a statement. “We stood together through the rain and cold, and even though there were some hard days, it was all worth it.
In March of this year, hotel workers in Southern California ratified contracts with more than 30 hotels after repeated strikes in the summer of 2023.SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — The last group of striking hotel workers in San Francisco are voting Tuesday to approve a tentative agreement for a new contract with Hilton, ending a strike that has lasted three months.
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