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Hotel workers picketing outside of Moxy Boston Downtown hotel on Tremont Street on Sept. 13. Local 26 hotel workers union members ratified their contracts at 13 hotels across Boston, after two months of striking. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Local 26 ratifies contract with 3 hotel chains after 2 months of strikes

Liam Dunne November 14, 2024
After more than two months of strikes beginning Sept. 1, UNITE HERE Local 26 workers ratified contracts with Omni, Hilton and Marriott hotels.
UNITE HERE Local 26 union members picketing outside of W Boston hotel on Tremont Street on Sept. 13. Workers from multiple Boston hotels are engaging in an open-ended strike while they wait for their employers to reach a contract agreement with the UNITE HERE Local 26 union. LAUREN ALBANO/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

UNITE HERE Local 26 workers strike indefinitely at four Omni, Hilton hotels

Liam Dunne October 15, 2024
Nearly 1,300 workers at four Boston hotels embarked on an “open-ended strike” this past week after giving hotels a deadline to reach a contract agreement with their union.
Local 26 union members in a conference room in the Boston City Hall. A third wave of hospitality strikes led by the Local 26 union began on Friday, Sept. 20. PHOTO BY LIAM DUNNE

Health, safety ordinance on the table as UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers await contract

Liam Dunne October 1, 2024
City officials deliberated a public health and safety ordinance for hotels on Sept. 26 after workers went on strike at four additional Boston hotels in the third wave of citywide strikes in the past month.
Hotel workers picketing outside of Moxy Boston Downtown hotel on Tremont Street on Saturday. Workers from four Boston hotels went on strike after UNITE HERE Local 26 authorized the citywide strike on Aug. 8. PHOTO BY LAUREN ALBANO

UNITE HERE Local 26 workers strike in waves at hotels across Boston

Lauren Albano September 18, 2024
Hundreds of workers at four Boston hotels went on strike this past weekend, the second wave of hotels to do so in two weeks.
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