San Francisco’s hotel labor strikes concluded on Dec. 24,
after approximately 900 Hilton workers at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square
and Parc 55 hotels voted to ratify a contract.
The move ended 93 days of rolling walkouts in San Francisco.
The city was the final holdout in a nationwide wave
of hotel labor disputes that began on Labor Day weekend, organized by
hospitality union Unite Here.
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The Hilton agreement includes an initial hourly wage
increase of $3, preserved health insurance, enhanced pensions and enhanced
protections for understaffing and workload increase. The agreement is in effect
through 2028.
At their peak, the San Francisco strikes involved roughly
2,500 workers at Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott International hotels, impacting 27 percent
of the city’s hotel inventory.
“Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott workers refused to give up
their healthcare or go backwards,” said Lizzy Tapia, president of Unite
Here Local 2. “As contract talks begin with the city’s other full-service
hotels in the new year, they should know that this is the new standard they
must accept for their employees.”
