(Reuters) -Greater than 100 Hilton lodge employees in Seattle have walked off the job calling for increased wages, truthful staffing and workloads, and the reversal of COVID-19 period cuts, the Unite Right here union mentioned on Saturday.
“The weeklong strikes by 374 employees on the DoubleTree by Hilton Lodge Seattle Airport and Hilton Seattle Airport & Convention Middle will final till the early hours of Oct. 19,” the union mentioned.
Hilton didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for remark.
A complete of over 4,300 lodge employees are actually on strike at Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott resorts in Honolulu, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.
Round 2,000 employees walked off the job in September at Hilton’s largest lodge on this planet, the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu.
Some 10,000 U.S. lodge employees started a multi-day strike in a number of cities throughout the Labor Day weekend after contract talks with Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt stalled.
Unite Right here represents employees in resorts, casinos and airports throughout the USA and Canada.
