Public Forum on Future of Seattle Hospitality Unites Community
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 […]
SAVE THE DATE – Town Hall on Seattle Hotels – July 26
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 – […]
Victory! Landmark Settlement Will Protect Hilton Seattle Workers’ Jobs
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 […]
Seattle’s growing hotel profits come at worker expense and with public subsidies
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, […]
Time to Demonstrate, Not Celebrate!
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 […]
Hyatt at Olive 8 Seattle workers demand a fair process to organize
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 […]
Time to celebrate? Not yet! Over 100 rally to call for Justice at the Space Needle
Over 100 Space Needle workers and community allies held a spirited rally in pouring rain under the shadow of Seattle’s signature icon yesterday. Five weeks before the Space Needle’s grand 50th anniversary celebration, they all call on the owners of this international symbol of Seattle to support living wages, good benefits and job security for […]
Justice @the Needle – Rally on Thursday, March 15, 3pm-4pm
Support the workers at the Space Needle in their fight for their jobs. Like their struggle on Facebook, and join us at the: RALLY! @ the Space Needle (Broad Street) Thursday, March 15 3pm to 4pm Each year, the Space Needle attracts over 1 million visitors, making it one of the top tourist destinations in […]
Boycott the Hilton Seattle – New Video
The approximately 100 unionized workers at the Hilton Seattle are fighting not only for a fair contract; they are standing up to demand an agreement that would protect their jobs and their Union if the hotel is sold. Without such an agreement, the entire workforce could be fired and replaced with minimum wage workers with […]
TAKE ACTION! Say NO to McDonald’s at Seatac Airport
The Port of Seattle Commission is set to vote on a proposal to bring McDonald’s, the biggest fast food corporation in the country and the world, to SeaTac Airport. It is time for the Port of Seattle to stop and take a stand for workers, the local community, the environment, social equity and sustainable business […]