hotels

  • Not Just a Cheaper Pair of Hands
    Jenny Brown
    Mar 16 2012 - 10:34am

    Women workers are attacking low pay and bias from many angles, assailing wage laws that exclude them, suing over outright discrimination, and trying to organize unions. And they’ve been confronting the disrespect that accompanies smaller paychecks.

  • Hotel Workers Crack Hilton, Face Quickie Hyatt Elections
    Jenny Brown
    Mar 23 2011 - 1:33pm

    Hotel workers have wrested contracts from Hilton after a year and a half of pickets, lobby takeovers, boycotts, and short strikes. They hope the wins will set off a cascade of agreements in the recovering hospitality industry.

  • UNITE HERE Won't Concede to Big Hotels
    Paul Abowd
    Oct 28 2009 - 10:22am

    UNITE HERE has launched another round of contract battles with hotel giants. After civil disobedience actions workers in Chicago and San Francisco authorized strikes, escalating a nationally coordinated “bargain to organize” campaign.