(Reuters) -Greater than 100 Hilton lodge employees in Seattle have walked off the job calling for larger wages, honest staffing and workloads, and the reversal of COVID-19 period cuts, the Unite Right here union mentioned on Saturday.
“The weeklong strikes by 374 workers at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport and Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center will last until 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 motels in Honolulu, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.
Round 2,000 employees walked off the job in September at Hilton’s largest lodge on the 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 motels, casinos and airports throughout america and Canada.
