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Labor Day hotel strikes reflect frustrations

Workforce is largely made up of women of color

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press
Posted 9/6/24

More than 10,000 workers at 25 hotels across the U.S. were on strike Monday after choosing Labor Day weekend to amplify their demands for higher pay, fairer workloads and the reversal of COVID-era cuts.

The UNITE HERE union, which represents the striking housekeepers and other hospitality workers, said 200 workers at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor were the latest to walk off the job.

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