Hotel Workers Bring Fight To Bank Of America

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

When the boss sneezes, it's the workers who catch the cold. With mega-hotel owners Columbia Sussex preparing to default on over a billion dollars in loans from Bank of America, local hotel workers --joined by AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt-Baker, UNITE HERE, DC Jobs with Justice and other labor allies -- will rally outside the bank's DC office at 5P tomorrow to demand that union contracts and jobs be protected. Click here for details. - photo: hotel workers rallied outside the Hilton Crystal City in Northern Virginia – which is owned by Columbia Sussex – in September 2009, demanding a fair contract and better working conditions; photo by Adam Wright