Thousands Rally to Support UNITEHERE Local 2 Contract FightLandon Dickeybyline‚ Jul. 28‚ 2006Yesterday afternoon, hotel workers, community leaders, and concerned residents joined UNITEHERE Local 2 in a march against San Francisco’s global hotel industry. Local 2 represents nearly 12,000 workers in San Francisco and San Mateo in their fight for improved working standards in hotels and restaurants. Yesterday’s march in support of UNITEHERE Local 2 is the start of a renewed community-labor effort to bring justice to hotel workers in the city. “I want to retire from this industry pain free,” exclaimed Linda Knight, an activist and cook at the Omni Hotel, “all the public see is the marble, linen, and white sheets [but] but in the back it’s a sweatshop”. |