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About 40,000 hotel workers have contracts expiring over the next year. So these few days of strikes might just be a preview of coming attractions at several dozen hotels.
Thousands of hotel workers went on strike across major U.S. cities between Sunday and Tuesday. The 21 strikes, organized by the Unite Here union, targeted properties branded by the major hotel groups Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, and Accor.
Why it matters: Labor disputes are heating up, especially over daily housekeeping. The strikes expose the hotel company's struggles to balance recovering profits with worker demands for better pay and working conditions.
What to watch: The strikes were set to end Tuesday.In a June interview with Skift, United Here’s new president, Gwen Mills, said about 40,0