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10,000 hotel workers go on strike

Thousands of hotel workers are striking across eight cities ahead of Labor Day, demanding higher wages and fair staffing and workloads. UNITE HERE, the union representing hotel workers, announced that about 10,000 workers at 24 hotels in Boston, Greenwich, Honolulu, Kauai, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle will go on strike starting Sunday. […]

U.S. Hotel Workers’ Strike Threatens Labor Day Travel

Ten thousand hotel workers in several cities across the US are reportedly on strike, demanding higher wages and an end to job cuts. The strikes are taking place over Labor Day weekend and follow contract negotiations with Marriott International, Hilton and Hyatt. Reuters Reported on Sunday, citing the Unite Here trade union. The media continues: […]

Thousands of hotel workers strike across US cities over failed contract talks

NEW YORK — Thousands of hotel workers in several U.S. cities are staging a multi-day strike after contract negotiations with hotel operators Marriott International MAR.O , Hilton Worldwide HLT.N and Hyatt Hotels HN stalled, union Unite Here said Sunday. Unite Here, a group representing hotel, casino and airport workers in the U.S. and Canada, said […]

Grand Canyon overnight hotel stays shut down after only water pipeline fails

Officials say the only pipeline that supplies water to Grand Canyon National Park has suffered “four significant breaks,” leading to a total closure, limiting hotel accommodations at the park ahead of the park's busy Labor Day travel weekend. The National Park Service said that “no water is currently being pumped to either the South or […]

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s Greenbrier hotel avoids foreclosure

The family of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has reached a settlement with a debt collection agency. Avoiding foreclosure on historic hotels The resort announced Thursday that he will run for U.S. Senate. The Republican governor’s family was scheduled to appear in court Friday to ask a judge to halt the Greenbrier auction, which had […]