About 10 thousand workers of luxurious hotels They started this Sunday a strike in major U.S. tourist cities after months of negotiations between the two failed. unions and hotel companies to reach an agreement that improves their salary conditions.
The strikewhich coincides with the bridge of Labor Day, The US National Holiday, which is being celebrated tomorrow and which millions of people are taking advantage of to travel, has affected some Mariott, Hyatt and Hilton hotels in at least eight cities in the country, including the state of Hawaii.
The workers are “demanding higher wages, fair staffing and workloads, and a reversal of COVID-era cuts,” United Here, the union representing the group that covers receptionists and cleaning workers, among others, said in a statement.
The salaries workers receive “are not enough to cover the cost of living, and many have to work two jobs to make ends meet,” the statement added.
The union said many of these hotels “took advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic to cut staff and guest services,” leading to staff and revenue cuts and creating “painful conditions for those bearing the heaviest workload.”
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And all this while room rates are at an all-time high, with operating profits of more than $100 billion in 2022, the document states.