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Hospitality Jobs Should Sustain Families, Not Drain Public Resources Over 200 hotel workers, policy makers, and community members gathered last week to discuss the impact of hotel development on Seattle’s hospitality workers. According to a recent report from Puget Sound Sage, much of Seattle’s hotel workforce currently lives near poverty, requiring public dollars to subsidize their […]
Town Hall on Seattle Hotels July 26, 2012 4:30pm to 6:30pm Gethsemane Lutheran Church – 911 Stewart Street Click Here to RSVP! Seattle Tourism at a Crossroads The Seattle-area hotel sector is poised to grow at an incredible pace over the next few years. More hotels mean more jobs along the light rail corridor – […]
Boycott of Hilton Seattle Called Off SEATTLE – Amidst news of the impending sale of the Hilton Seattle Hotel, the R.C. Hedreen Company – the hotel’s current owner – agreed to the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday with UNITE HERE Local 8, the union representing nearly 100 workers at the hotel. This […]
April 30, 2012 While Seattle’s downtown hotel sector sets for widely projected growth and profitability, its workforce endures poverty wages, pain and injury from unsustainable management practices. Our Pain, Their Gain: The hidden costs of profitability in Seattle’s downtown hotels reveals how industry practices keep workers in poverty with low wages and inadequate health benefits, […]
Rally for the Next Fifty! Saturday, April 21st 12:00pm to 1:30pm @ the Space Needle (Broad Street) On April 21st, the Seattle Center will begin its 50th anniversary celebration by celebrating the “Next Fifty” years. The Space Needle will be having a huge private celebration that evening, while their workers continue to fear the outsourcing […]
Today, workers at Seattle’s Hyatt at Olive 8, a non-union hotel, bravely stepped forward and joined thousands of Hyatt workers nationwide to organize for a better future for themselves, their families, and their community. King County Councilmembers Larry Gossett and Joe McDermott, Seattle City Councilmember Nick Licata, Port Commissioner Rob Holland, and twenty community allies […]