Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Workers begin 6 day strike at S.F. Hilton

About 850 workers at San Francisco's largest hotel made good on their strike vote last month and walked off the job today in a six-day protest of what they say are unfair contract proposals by management.
The Hilton Union Square workers are among about 9,000 San Francisco hotel employees who have been without new contracts since August 2009.
The Hilton workers approved a temporary strike on Sept. 15.
Housekeepers, doormen, bellhops, and kitchen and front desk staff will be honoring the strike and picketing outside the hotel 24 hours a day until 4 a.m. Tuesday, union spokeswoman Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer said.

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