Hotel workers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to authorize a strike at some of Boston’s biggest and most prestigious hotels if the companies don’t agree to a new citywide contract.
Fifteen of the city’s 24 unionized hotels have already signed the new five-year contract, which raises wages and benefits by 4 percent a year and strengthens protections for workers if a hotel is sold or goes into bankruptcy.
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Thug extortion.... supported by bought-and-paid-for Democrats
Crab on, dude.
The American middle class was built on strong unions. The stronger the unions, the stronger workers' power, even for non-union workers. The thugs are the hotel owners ripping off their employees.
4% pay increase per year!!!! And forcing those who may buy a hotel to not be allowed to change anything? Really? Greedy! They must think they work for the public sector with those kind of demands...
Who has been getting 4% pay increases the past few years? Not many. Well above current inflation. They had similiar pay increases throught the recession as well.
Job security equates to 4% annual increases? How ironic - the very demands (aka extortion)of the unions will ultimately lead to their loss of jobs because the owners won't be able to support those labor costs. There would be more hotel development in Boston (and jobs) were it not for the very unions that try and stick up each new potential hotel develoment coming to town.