UNITE HERE! Local 8
@UniteHereLocal8
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Local 8 is the the hospitality workers union of the Northwest. Our members work in hotels, food service & airport concessions. RTs do not equal endorsement.
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UNITE HERE Local 8 endorses
@BernieSanders
for President. We are proud to stand with a candidate who will fight for hospitality workers in Washington, Oregon, and around the United States.
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Results are in: Space Needle photo department workers voted 10-1 for the union! Congrats!
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BIG DEAL ALERT: Stadium Food Service Workers win big at Lumen Field!
Local 8 members at Lumen Field now have a minimum wage of $22. Workers received raises between $5.31 and $6.24.
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Workers are ON STRIKE today at Westin Seattle, Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr, and Doubletree Seattle Airport demanding fair wages and respect!
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Solidarity Alert!!: The driver of Coke truck saw our picket line at the Doubletree and turned around!
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🚨 Labor Day Solidarity Alert 🚨
👀 Watch as Hilton Workers in Seattle join with 10,000 Hotel Workers across the nation to STRIKE for BETTER WAGES
Share this powerful footage from the picket line to show your support!
#1u
✏️ Sign here to stand with us:
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📣 Seattle Airport Hilton Workers are on the picket line, joining 10,000 hotel workers across the continental USA and Hawaii on strike!!
🪧 We will not accept painful workloads that are breaking our bodies or jobs that can’t support our families. Enough is enough.
#1u
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Doubletree Seattle Airport worker Alicia sharing some Tagalog chants on the picket line:
📢 “Strike, don’t be scared, join us!” 📢
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📣"All day and all night - Hilton Workers are ON STRIKE!" 🪧
Seattle airport Hilton Workers are united for a fair contract! No contract, no peace ✌️
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Yesterday, workers delivered a majority petition to Homegrown asking for a fair process to decide whether to organize a union, joined by King County Councilmember
@GirmayZahilay
, and other supporters.
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Workers are ON STRIKE at 3 Seattle area hotels because ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH!
We’ll keep fighting to until it is enough.
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🪧 Seattle Airport Hilton Workers are ON STRIKE for better wages and respect. Si se puede!!
#1u
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Westin workers ON STRIKE!
Who’s got the power?
We’ve got the power.
What kind of power?
UNION POWER!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: After months of negotiations, including a 19-hour final bargaining session concluding just before 5am Saturday morning, Local 8 members at the Westin Seattle have reached a tentative agreement with Marriott, averting a possible strike. More:
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Striking hotel workers in Seattle were honored to get a picket line visit from
@unitehere
Secretary-Treasurer Nia Winston (
@local24nia
). Solidarity! Up up with the workers!
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“I’m on strike because it’s time to get what we deserve. We need higher wages, a fair workload, & more in the pension. I’m living paycheck to paycheck. I have 14 grandkids & kids at home. You spend your life here working & we don’t deserve more?” - Violeta Reyes, Westin, 23 years
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It’s a busy travel weekend, but hotel workers at the Westin Seattle have had enough and are ON STRIKE demanding RESPECT and FAIR wages.
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WE’RE OUT HERE! It’s day 2 of hotel workers’ strike in Seattle!
We won’t back down – not when we’re fighting for our families! ✊
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🚨 Today hotel workers at the SeaTac Hilton are ON STRIKE with one goal in mind: one job should be enough!
#1u
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Good morning SeaTac! SeaTac paved the way a decade ago with country’s first $15 min wage, and today, hotel workers are fighting to raise their standard to a level that respects their work and allows them to support their families in 2024.
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Day 6 of workers striking at the Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr. Workers are fighting for real raises and fair workloads and staffing levels.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS! 400 workers from the Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr are ON STRIKE today as of this morning for a week! We’re done with the disrespect from the hotels – so we’re fighting back.
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Workers at the Seattle Downtown Hilton want a fair contract with a livable wage.
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#Covid19
highlights the importance of access to healthcare. Workers at
@theEdgewaterSEA
who clean your room and serve your food are fighting for year-round, affordable healthcare! One job should be enough to keep Seattle healthy.
WATCH THE VIDEO ⬇️
#1job
#1u
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🪧 Seattle Airport Hilton Workers are ON STRIKE!! We're united to MAKE THE HOTELS PAY so we can win the raises and improvements we need in our new contract!
Stand with us! Don't check in - check out!
#1u
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"One Job Should Be Enough" isn't just a slogan for a t-shirt, it's what we believe and are fighting for.
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🚨
#Seattlecovid19
Good/Bad Employer Response Alert
@Microsoft
: We’ve decided that Microsoft will continue to pay all vendor hourly service providers regular pay.
@TheEdgewaterSEA
Hotel: “The Edgewater does not see a need to change existing policies governing paid sick leave”
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📢📢📢BREAKING! Westin Seattle Workers to vote to strike this Friday, joining Marriott workers in four other cities!
#1job
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MAKE THEM PAY!
MAKE THEM PAY!
We demand fair wages and respect from the Westin Seattle, Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr, and Doubletree Seattle Airport!
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Families everywhere agree: One Jobe Should Be Enough!
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Local 8 members in Portland recently attended a rally in support of IATSE union stadium workers at the Moda Center who have been replaced with non-union workers after being out of work for almost a year. We're ready to fight for union jobs in Portland! 💪
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Shoutout to City of Seatac Councilmember Jake Simpson for walking our picket line today!
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VICTORY! Local 8 members at the Benson Hotel ratified a new contract at the end of last year with $1/year raises & a signing bonus. The contract also protects union healthcare & pension, increases wages for the front office, & institutes a new weekend room drop for housekeepers.
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We are protesting today outside the Westin Seattle where workers are fighting for a fair contract and demanding the hotel Respect Our Work and Respect Our Guests.
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🚨TODAY🚨 After a 99.7% vote to strike when released, airline catering workers will rally and leaflet at SeaTac airport. One job should be enough for the workers who prepare food and drinks served on
@alaskaair
@United
,
@Delta
, and
@AmericanAir
flights.
#AirportStrikeAlert
#1job
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If you've seen workers outside the
@HiltonHotels
Seattle lately, it's because they want a fair contract with a wages that keep up with the cost of living in the Seattle area.
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The vibes are great over here with another union election win for sandwich workers!
Big news everyone! The NLRB counted the votes today for Homegrown cafe workers and we won by a huge margin! So happy to follow our brothers and sisters in distribution with another win. We're 2 for 2!
#1u
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Thank you
@cmkshama
for coming out to support Edgewater workers during their strike vote today!
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🔥 The fight for fair wages is heating up! Today Seattle Hotel Workers joined 10,000 Hotel Workers on strike nationwide, standing up for ourselves and our families on Labor Day.
👀 Together, we can make a difference!
#1u
✏️ Sign here to stand with us:
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🚨 Seattle Airport Hilton Workers are ON STRIKE 🚨
📣 We demand RESPECT for all hotel workers!
❓ Wondering how you can support striking hotel workers on Labor Day?
✏️ Sign here to pledge to stand with workers and honor our fight 🔽
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Pickets at the Doubletree and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr are long, workers feeling 💪strong💪!!!
We demand FAIR wages and RESPECT for all hotel workers!
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Workers in the Photo Department at the Space Needle want a union and have asked management to recognize them. They want to be able to bargain over their pay and benefits and are standing together!
#1u
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Seattle
@Westin
hotel workers voted overwhelmingly to terminate their contract, following similar votes at two SeaTac hotels earlier this week. Workers continue to mobilize for a new contract with fair raises.
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VICTORY! 🎉 Congratulations to members at Centerplate at T-Mobile park for settling their new contract! ✅⚾️
Members won a $1.81 wage increase upon signing, in addition to immigrant protection language and a service charge increase for the first time ever. (1/2)
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It’s a busy travel weekend, but hotel workers have had enough and are ON STRIKE demanding RESPECT and FAIR wages at the Doubletree Seattle Airport!
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During our 2-day Labor Day strike, hotel workers at 3 Seattle-area hotels stood up to their bosses to fight for raises, fair workloads, and the reversal of COVID-era cuts.
And we weren’t alone – over 10,000 hotel workers in nine cities across the U.S. went on strike this weekend.
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Even in the mist, workers will resist pay that simply isn't enough for the hard work they do in 2024.
ON STRIKE at the Doubletree and Hilton in Seatac for a contract with real raises and respect!
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Local 8 is honored to have received a grant from
@TIMESUPLDF
that will allow us to continue member-led outreach, education and support for hotel workers experiencing workplace sexual harassment.
#TIMESUP
#SeattleProtectsWomen
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Last week, Local 8 Members from Seattle University came out in force for their first contract bargaining session! Workers told the company: we need health insurance and REAL raises! 💰
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"Doubletree workers: ON STRIKE!"
"Hilton workers: ON STRIKE!"
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🚨 Hotel Workers are ON STRIKE at the Westin Seattle, Seattle Airport Hilton, and Doubletree Seattle Airport!
🪧 We are demanding that management RESPECT OUR WORK and that ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH!
#1u
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Today our picket lines have been long and full of energy to fight for raises and improvements in new contracts at the Westin Seattle, Doubletree Seattle Airport, and Hilton Seattle Airport & Conf Ctr.
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Still giving thanks to all our amazing allies who walked the line with us during our historic 2-day strike. Thanks Seattle
@APALAnational
crew!
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This week, Downtown
@HiltonHotels
workers were out to talking to people on the street about wanting a fair contract with wages that can support them and their families.
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We want to thank Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle and King County Councilmembers Claudia Balducci and Jorge Baron for joining us at the Westin!
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Workers at Seattle Airport Hilton and Doubletree walked out before the sun came up today, and they'll be out here when the sun goes down, demanding wages that are actually enough to cover the cost of living.
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HAPPENING NOW: Airline catering workers who provide food & beverage aboard commercial flights departing from
#SEA
airport are out to send a message to airlines such as
@alaskaair
@AmericanAir
@Delta
&
@United
that they can't wait any longer for better wages & health care!
#1Job
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Though this is the last day of the strike by Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr workers, we are urging the public to not patronize these hotels until workers have a fair contract.
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📢 More hotel workers striking in CA 📢
📢More than 2,200 hotel workers are now OUT on STRIKE at Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott hotels in San Francisco and San Diego.
More strikes could begin soon.
Use to avoid hotels on strike! 🪧
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🚨More Labor Day Solidarity 🚨
Thanks to
@teamsters117
and Seattle Building Trades for showing up for striking hotel workers in Seatac!
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The strike of hotel workers at the Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr is on day 4.
Mwaba, a shuttle driver at the Doubletree for 22 years, tells us why he's ON STRIKE!
"I've been working two jobs because the Doubletree doesn't pay us enough."
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Hotel workers are ALL CAPS: ON STRIKE at the Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conference Center. Don't cross the picket line! You can use this tool to keep up to date and find alternatives:
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Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton & Conf Ctr ON STRIKE for a fair contract and real raises, day 3 y’all.
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🌞 Happy Labor Day! 🌞
📣 Today, Seattle Airport Hilton Workers are ON STRIKE with 10,000 other UNITE HERE Hotel Workers
#1u
🪧 We are fighting for FAIR WAGES, JOB SECURITY, and RESPECT!
✏️ Sign here to pledge to stand with workers and honor our fight:
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"As of now, we are paycheck to paycheck," said Violeta Reyes, a house attendant working for Westin Seattle.
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"Being a single mom takes endless determination and hard work. I put that same energy into every knock for
@MLorenaGonzalez
. I know she'll fight for people like me."
- Andrea Torres, Cook, Compass at Boeing and
@UniteHereLocal8
leader
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UNITE HERE Local 8 Seattle City Council General Election Endorsements: THEY SUPPORT US, NOT AMAZON
District 1:
@Lisa_Herbold
District 2:
@TammyMoralesSEA
District 3:
@cmkshama
District 4:
@ElectScott2019
District 6:
@Seattle4Strauss
District 7:
@LewisforSeattle
Vote by Nov 5th!
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Local 8 congratulates
@cmkshama
on her inauguration as representative for City Council District 3! Thank you for standing with hotel workers at the Edgewater Hotel and calling on Noble House to settle a fair contract with us now!
#OneJobShouldBeEnough
#1Job
#1u
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Great day of worker solidarity out there telling Meta that cafe workers deserve to know what's happening, and demanding severance on par with other workers at the company.
#whatsthewordzuckerberg
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Seattle hotel workers have voted to authorize a strike at three properties and are getting fired up.!
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BREAKING! Airline catering workers at SeaTac Airport working for LSG Sky Chefs voted 99.7% in favor of authorizing a STRIKE if released by the government.
#1job
#AirportStrikeAlert
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Al and Eunice out on the doors for
@MLorenaGonzalez
!
Al’s family has lived in the same house in the Central District for nearly 100 yrs. Each day is a struggle to keep up w/rising costs. Al should be able to stay in the historic neighborhood he loves & he believes in Lorena.
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Today, outside the Westin, we announced that we submitted a complaint to the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, calling on them to investigate hotel resort fees that can be deceptive and misleading.
#ResortFeeRipoff
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"I'm exhausted every single day," said Bella Scillitani, a front desk supervisor working for Westin Seattle. "We just need better staffing and scheduling."
Read and see the story here:
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Victory News: SSP workers at Seatac organize and make huge gains in first contract! SSP Lead and Local 8 member Lily who organized for her union and the contract shares her thoughts on the victory.
"We won so much with our contract at SSP, and it’s meant so much to everyone."
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Who’s got the power? We’ve got the power!
What kind of power? Multi-Union power!
Dora is a home care worker and member of
@seiu775
and is bringing determination to the doors for
@MLorenaGonzalez
💪🏽💪🏽
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Doubletree Seattle Airport and Seattle Airport Hilton and Conf Ctr workers on day 4 of being ON STRIKE for a fair contract, come rain or shine.
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It’s a beautiful morning at the new Labor Temple☀️☀️
@UFCW21
@SEIU1199NW
@SEIU775
@SEIU925
@teamsters117
@MLKLabor
@Nikkita4Nine
@TeresaCMosqueda
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A sincere thanks for the international solidarity, union hotel workers from Vancouver, BC coming to support striking hotel workers in SeaTac! We are stronger together.
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Congratulations to Levy at Lumen Field members for winning a new contract! Highlights include: $6 total raises for non-tipped workers, $5 total raises for tipped workers, expanded access to healthcare by starting a combined coverage program for stadiums,
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Congratulations!! 🎉 🎉🎉
PARTNERS AT BROADWAY AND DENNY IN SEATTLE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY FOR A UNION
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Huge news! Compass workers at Microsoft ratify first contract with huge gains!
We're excited to announce this contract victory for workers at Microsoft on the east side, as Local 8's presence in tech on the Eastside and in Seattle grows!
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Time goes by fast when you’re fighting for justice!
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Action alert: Join cafe workers at Meta, Thursday at 3pm in SLU as they face uncertainty with announced building closures and demand severance equal that received by others at the company! 8th Ave N and Thomas.
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Frontline healthcare workers at
@Swedish
-Providence are voting to STRIKE.
Execs make millions while caregivers have their benefits cut & cannot keep up with the rising cost of living.
We're proud to stand with
@SEIU1199NW
workers. Sign their petition at
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"In Puerto Rico we watched developers come in after disasters to make a profit. Now I see those same kinds of developers in Seattle pushing people out. I want to live in a city that puts people before profits, and that city has
@MLorenaGonzalez
as our mayor."
- Carmen Delgado, L8
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Pearl, a housekeeper at the Doubletree Seattle Airport tells us why she's on strike and what she's fighting for: Her family.
"I go home so tired that my children are the ones taking care of me...I feel like I'm falling short as a mother."
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Scenes from our
#1job
action at the Westin Seattle! Workers and community are here to say One Job Should Be Enough!
#LaborDay2018
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On Sunday hotel workers at
@DoubleTreeSEA
and
@HiltonSeattle
turned out in force to send a strong message to Hilton about what we need in our contract. VOTE RESULTS: 99% in favor of terminating the contracts to be able to take stronger actions in the future. Stay tuned!
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Who's got the power? We've got the power! Seattle Westin workers sending a strong clear message today, demanding the hotel Respect Our Work with a fair contract.
#1u
#1jobshouldbeenough
#RespectOurWork
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Wow!! Our union organized 62,694 new members since our last
#UNITEHERE
convention! That’s 62,694 changed lives!
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