Young Workers Support Local Hotel Workers

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

More than 200 young workers from across the country braved sweltering DC heat and rush hour crowds last Friday to demonstrate their solidarity with local hotel workers. As part of the AFL-CIO's “Next Up” Young Worker Summit, participants organized an action in solidarity with a local struggle, the efforts of UNITE HERE members to maintain good wages and benefits at several hotels recently bought by the Columbia-Sussex company. Bearing hand-made signs and bullhorns, summit participants, joined by AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Schuler, marched down Connecticut Ave and rallied in front of the Westin City Center, a non-union hotel where Columbia-Sussex slashed pay and benefits after taking over.
- Mackenzie Baris; photos by Steve McFarland. Click here for more photos