hotel workers
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Hawaii union workers negotiate deal with Marriott hotel management, ending months-long strike
Dec 2, 2018by Lalaine Ignao, ABS-CBN News HONOLULU, HI — Union organization Unite Here Local 5 has been in negotiations with Kyo-Ya Hotel and Resorts since this past summer, after contracts were expired and the company refused to renew them.... -
Employees strike at Marriott hotel properties in Hawaii
Oct 5, 2018by Lalaine Ignao, ABS-CBN News HONOLULU, HI — More than 8,000 members of Unite Here, the union that represents hotel workers, voted to strike at Marriott International properties where contracts have expired, in various locations all... -
Boracay’s workers affected in DOT’s six-month rehabilitation closure
Apr 16, 2018Thousands of workers on the Philippines’ tropical destination Boracay will be affected in the island’s six-month closure later this month. Starting April 26, the island will be off limits to tourists for six months at the... -
Wearable “safety buttons” aim to protect Las Vegas hotel housekeepers
Mar 2, 2018LAS VEGAS — For 21 years, Leida Aguinaldo worked in one of the MGM properties on the Strip as a housekeeper. She says thanks to this work, she was able to give her children a decent life,... -
Hillary Clinton slams Donald Trump at immigrant workers’ rally
Oct 13, 2015LAS VEGAS – Ahead of the first Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton stopped at a union rally outside Donald Trump’s hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. She taunted the Republican front runner, saying workers should have... -
Pinoy workers among arrested at SF hotel protest
Oct 5, 2015SAN FRANCISCO – Since seven in the morning these protesters, consisting of hotel workers and union supporters, have been picketing outside of the Le Meridien Hotel and the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf. The reason: they say the... -
SoCal Pinoy workers join protest against abuse
Jul 2, 2015LONG BEACH, Calif. – Filipinos joined hotel workers, community activists…and city officials to air out their grievances along Long Beach’s downtown waterfront district. Marching with a clothesline of pillowcases and make shift beds highlighting work place... -
Pinoy hotel workers rally for higher wages
Feb 20, 2014By Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Feb. 20, 2014 LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of hotel workers took to the streets in support of higher wages at all Los Angeles hotels. Nico Quiapos who works at...
