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The Daily Free Press

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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.
East to West: Sept. 10, 2021

East to West: Sept. 10, 2021

Veronica Thompson September 10, 2021

Content warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault. Cloudy days! Today on East to West, we cover sexual harassment accusations against a CFA professor, discuss the current standings...

demonstrators gathered at Marriott Labor Day Rally

Union and non-union workers rally for rehire on Labor Day

Madison Mercado September 7, 2021
Labor Day rally hosted Monday in support of workers fired by Marriott Copley during the pandemic.
unite here local 26 food giveaway in downtown boston

Labor union distributes food to recently fired Nine Zero Hotel employees

Madison Mercado April 5, 2021
The hotel fired 52 employees — more than two-thirds of its staff — in March.
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