More than a hundred Hilton hotel workers in Seattle have walked off the job, demanding higher wages, fair staffing and workloads, and the reversal of COVID-19 era cuts, according to the Unite Here union. The union announced on Saturday that the weeklong strikes by 374 workers at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport and Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center will continue until the early hours of October 19.
Hilton did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. This strike is part of a larger movement, as over 4,300 hotel workers are currently on strike at Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels in Honolulu, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle.
In September, around 2,000 workers walked off the job at Hilton's largest hotel in the world, the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Honolulu. Additionally, some 10,000 US hotel workers began a multi-day strike in several cities during the Labor Day weekend after contract talks with Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt stalled.
Unite Here represents workers in hotels, casinos, and airports across the United States and Canada.
