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More Bay Area Hotel Workers Go On Strike As Work Stoppage Grows
Some 2,500 hotel workers are now on strike in the Bay Area after San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel employees began striking Sunday.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Five hundred workers at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel went on strike Sunday morning, union officials said.
The San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel workers joined workers at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Marriott Union Square, Palace Hotel and Westin St. Francis, where workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 are already on strike.
Local 2 officials said in a press release that the strike now includes 2,500 housekeepers, bellhops, cooks, dishwashers, servers, bartenders, and more. The strike has been going on since September 22, according to Ted Waechter, a spokesman for the union.
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Read more: Thousands Of Bay Area Hotel Workers Strike As Contract Talks Stall
Contracts for employees including housekeepers, bellhops, cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders expired at the end of August. Workers' demands include better wages, affordable health care and the restoration of jobs cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A request for comment from Marriott was not immediately returned.
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