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Boston's Hotel Workers Are On Strike, Impacting Some Of City's Landmarks

The union is calling for more staffing, better working conditions and higher wages.

(Sean Barnacoat)

October 7, 2024

BOSTON - Nearly 600 hotel workers picketed outside the Hilton Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Sunday calling for a better contract.

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The hotel workers union, Unite Here Local 26, released a statement Sunday morning saying they will strike and picket outside hotel entrances 24 hours a day, 7 days a week until a deal is reached.

The union has been negotiating a new contract since April and have held a series of three-day strikes that started last month. The union is calling for more staffing, better working conditions and higher wages.

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