Hotel Workers Prep For Battle

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

DC hotel workers are beginning to organize for possible job actions as contract negotiations drag on. The contract covering about 5,000 area hotel workers was set to expire today and was extended to October 8. Hotel companies are negotiating separately this time around, which is bogging down negotiations with UNITE HERE Local 25, sources tell Union City. While healthcare is off the table, workers are gearing up to protect wages, benefits and workload issues from demands by the companies. - photo: UNITE HERE 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John Boardman (at right) and Hyatt workers at a recent negotiating session; photo by Jayson Harrison