Virginia Hotel Workers To Rally Saturday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Workers at the Sheraton Crystal City – who have been fighting for a “fair, democratic and neutral process to unionize” since February 2009 – will rally this Saturday at 5:30P in Arlington, Virginia to say “no to the jobless recovery and yes to workers’ rights,” reports DC Jobs with Justice. “The Sheraton Crystal City is owned by HEI, one of the fastest growing hotel ownership companies in the country,” says UNITE HERE Local 25’s Mike Hachey. “While HEI continues to wheel and deal, buying 2 new hotels in the past 6 months, HEI has cut the number of jobs by more than 30% and increased workloads for remaining workers, while increasing prices for health benefits that provide less coverage than before. Enough is enough!” Email mhachey@unitehere.org for more information. - photo: workers demonstrating outside the Sheraton Crystal City in June, 2010; photo by Adam Wright