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Labor Day Action: Hotel Workers Take to the Streets
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Date:
Monday, September 07, 2009
Time:
11:00 AM
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1:00 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Local 2
Location Details:
Hotel Workers Rising Rally & March: 11:00am at Justin Herman Plaza (near Hyatt Regency Hotel on Market and Embarcadero). March will proceed around downtown hotels.
In the spirit of Labor Day, San Francisco’s hotel workers are taking to the streets!
Hotel contracts affecting over 9,000 San Francisco room cleaners, dishwashers, cooks, bellmen and others expired on Aug. 14, 2009. Over the past decade, US hotel corporations have generated over $200 billion in profits. Yet today, these companies are using the economic downturn as an excuse to permanently lower the quality of San Francisco hotel jobs – cutting back healthcare, and pushing workers to work harder and faster.
After experiencing a year of layoffs and reduced hours, workers are fed up. This Labor Day, hotel workers are taking a stand to stop a fundamentally profitable industry from squeezing them even harder.
Hotel contracts affecting over 9,000 San Francisco room cleaners, dishwashers, cooks, bellmen and others expired on Aug. 14, 2009. Over the past decade, US hotel corporations have generated over $200 billion in profits. Yet today, these companies are using the economic downturn as an excuse to permanently lower the quality of San Francisco hotel jobs – cutting back healthcare, and pushing workers to work harder and faster.
After experiencing a year of layoffs and reduced hours, workers are fed up. This Labor Day, hotel workers are taking a stand to stop a fundamentally profitable industry from squeezing them even harder.
Added to the calendar on Fri, Sep 4, 2009 4:00PM
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