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Hotel Workers United Update: DC, LA, SF
With the holidays over and the 2nd Inauguration of George W. Bush fast approaching, D.C.'s union hotel workers will be stepping up the pressure on hotel management to get a fair citywide hotel contract. Meanwhile, negotiations continue in San Francisco...The boycott of the 9 hotels in Los Angeles has put significant pressure on the Employers' Council as a growing number of customers are honoring the boycott of nine upscale LA hotels.
Hotel Workers United Update
Washington's Hotel Fight Heats Up in DC!
DC hotel workers and community supporters march in DC on December 15.
With the holidays over and the 2nd Inauguration of George W. Bush fast approaching, D.C.'s union hotel workers will be stepping up the pressure on hotel management to get a fair citywide hotel contract. UNITE HERE Local 25 members have been negotiating with the hotels since August of 2004 and have been working without a contract since September 15th when their contract expired. Although negotiations continue today, workers remain far apart from management over issues like management's demand for a 2-tier health system and an inadequate pension plan. With many visitors coming into town, now is the time to send a strong message to D.C. hotels that community and labor allies support the right of DC hotel workers to win a fair contract! Workers will begin informational picketing at the 14 downtown hotels as early as next week to let the public and guests know about their struggle. Workers may also strike the hotels before the Inauguration in order to win a fair contract.
Los Angeles Hotel Boycott
The boycott of the 9 hotels in Los Angeles has put significant pressure on the Employers' Council as a growing number of customers are honoring the boycott of nine upscale LA hotels. Since the boycott was announced, more than 60 events have been moved from the hotels. Organizations that moved events out of the boycotted hotels include the Laborers International Union, the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, the American Society of Cinematographers, and the Writers Guild of America. The entertainment industry has been very supportive of the hotel workers and facilitated moving a number of events from boycotted hotels. Under boycott are Hyatt Regency Hotel Los Angeles, Hyatt West Hollywood, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire, Sheraton Universal Hotel, St. Regis Hotel, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Westin Century Plaza Hotel, and Wilshire Grand Hotel.
San Francisco Negotiations Resume
Bargaining between the hotels and the union resumed on Thursday and Friday of this week. While management had made some movement on their health care proposal during the previous negotiating session, they continued to propose eligibility cuts to various job classifications. The union is expected to make a counter-proposal this week. Next week, Jan 10, 11, 12 and 14th, David Bacon's Labor Report on KPFA's Morning Show airs a special series on restaurant workers in San Francisco. Tune into KPFA at 94.1 FM (or at http://www.kpfa.org) from 8:08-8:28am, Pacific time, everyday next week (except Thursday) to find out. For more information, visit http://www.unitehere2.org
For more information about the hotel workers' struggle, visit
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http://www.hotelworkersunited.org
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http://www.hotellaboradvisor.info
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http://www.unitehere.org
Washington's Hotel Fight Heats Up in DC!
DC hotel workers and community supporters march in DC on December 15.
With the holidays over and the 2nd Inauguration of George W. Bush fast approaching, D.C.'s union hotel workers will be stepping up the pressure on hotel management to get a fair citywide hotel contract. UNITE HERE Local 25 members have been negotiating with the hotels since August of 2004 and have been working without a contract since September 15th when their contract expired. Although negotiations continue today, workers remain far apart from management over issues like management's demand for a 2-tier health system and an inadequate pension plan. With many visitors coming into town, now is the time to send a strong message to D.C. hotels that community and labor allies support the right of DC hotel workers to win a fair contract! Workers will begin informational picketing at the 14 downtown hotels as early as next week to let the public and guests know about their struggle. Workers may also strike the hotels before the Inauguration in order to win a fair contract.
Los Angeles Hotel Boycott
The boycott of the 9 hotels in Los Angeles has put significant pressure on the Employers' Council as a growing number of customers are honoring the boycott of nine upscale LA hotels. Since the boycott was announced, more than 60 events have been moved from the hotels. Organizations that moved events out of the boycotted hotels include the Laborers International Union, the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, the American Society of Cinematographers, and the Writers Guild of America. The entertainment industry has been very supportive of the hotel workers and facilitated moving a number of events from boycotted hotels. Under boycott are Hyatt Regency Hotel Los Angeles, Hyatt West Hollywood, Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Regent Beverly Wilshire, Sheraton Universal Hotel, St. Regis Hotel, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Westin Century Plaza Hotel, and Wilshire Grand Hotel.
San Francisco Negotiations Resume
Bargaining between the hotels and the union resumed on Thursday and Friday of this week. While management had made some movement on their health care proposal during the previous negotiating session, they continued to propose eligibility cuts to various job classifications. The union is expected to make a counter-proposal this week. Next week, Jan 10, 11, 12 and 14th, David Bacon's Labor Report on KPFA's Morning Show airs a special series on restaurant workers in San Francisco. Tune into KPFA at 94.1 FM (or at http://www.kpfa.org) from 8:08-8:28am, Pacific time, everyday next week (except Thursday) to find out. For more information, visit http://www.unitehere2.org
For more information about the hotel workers' struggle, visit
*
http://www.hotelworkersunited.org
*
http://www.hotellaboradvisor.info
*
http://www.unitehere.org
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This is crap. The leadership is ready to pass off an increase in healthcare costs to members.
what does a right winger like angry worker want? for the workers to lose everything just to prove his point.
In the 1/7/05 SF Chronicle, Business section, Daily Digest, George Raine descibes the offer by the union to pay more for health care. See
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/07/BUGOQALM8G1.DTL
The article does not even mention the deadline being 2006, which of course, it will not be. The East Coast unions sold out on that one already.
When you go out on strike, if you cannot win in a few days, then you EXPAND the strike, if necessary, to a GENERAL STRIKE. Instead, these lickspittles of the anti-labor Democrats, planned a show business two-week strike and actually expected to go back to work, assuming the employers would not continue the lockout. The capitalists of course know what servile idiots run the unions and took full advantage of it.
These hotels were virtually empty after a few days of picketing. Since the hotels, but not the corporate owners, were losing money, the only way to win is to expand to a general strike.
I heard workers state they will not vote for a strike again, and of course, why should they? They expected to win something and got nothing.
I am amazed the union actually bothers to post anything here. We are not backward, illiterate peasants. We do read and we live here. We see and hear what is going on, and sad to say, it is Same Old Stuff, Situation Normal, All Fouled Up (SOS SNAFU).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/07/BUGOQALM8G1.DTL
The article does not even mention the deadline being 2006, which of course, it will not be. The East Coast unions sold out on that one already.
When you go out on strike, if you cannot win in a few days, then you EXPAND the strike, if necessary, to a GENERAL STRIKE. Instead, these lickspittles of the anti-labor Democrats, planned a show business two-week strike and actually expected to go back to work, assuming the employers would not continue the lockout. The capitalists of course know what servile idiots run the unions and took full advantage of it.
These hotels were virtually empty after a few days of picketing. Since the hotels, but not the corporate owners, were losing money, the only way to win is to expand to a general strike.
I heard workers state they will not vote for a strike again, and of course, why should they? They expected to win something and got nothing.
I am amazed the union actually bothers to post anything here. We are not backward, illiterate peasants. We do read and we live here. We see and hear what is going on, and sad to say, it is Same Old Stuff, Situation Normal, All Fouled Up (SOS SNAFU).
For more information:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...
Local 2 hasn't been playing hard-ball with the hotel owners. Nope, more like wiffle ball.
The union called a two-week strike and acted surprised when the bosses locked the workers out and the end of it. Instead of gearing up for a real fight, the union stood still, as if proving that the hotel owners are scum was the point of the whole effort.
If workers are going to win victories, we have to stop playing this "ooh, the bosses are unfair to us, booo hoo hoo" game. It impresses nobody, but it tickles the bosses pink.
The union called a two-week strike and acted surprised when the bosses locked the workers out and the end of it. Instead of gearing up for a real fight, the union stood still, as if proving that the hotel owners are scum was the point of the whole effort.
If workers are going to win victories, we have to stop playing this "ooh, the bosses are unfair to us, booo hoo hoo" game. It impresses nobody, but it tickles the bosses pink.
Dear Practical Worker:
Sounds like you are the right-winger here.
Local 2 depended on getting Newsom instead of properly mobilizing its members, the labor movement and the general public to support it. Predictably a cooling off period was called, now the leadership of the union is forced to offer concessions.
Signed,
Angry Worker
Sounds like you are the right-winger here.
Local 2 depended on getting Newsom instead of properly mobilizing its members, the labor movement and the general public to support it. Predictably a cooling off period was called, now the leadership of the union is forced to offer concessions.
Signed,
Angry Worker
For more information about the Los Angeles hotel boycott, including action alerts and a comprehensive searchable archive of articles on the hotel workers struggle for better wages, benefits and working conditions, check out the website for the "Los Angeles Coalition to Support Hotel Workers" at http://www.supportlahotelworkers.com.
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http://www.supportlahotelworkers.com/
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