HOTEL WORKER SHORTAGE. NO PEACE. HOTEL WORKERS STARTED THEIR STRIKE JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRED ABOUT 900 UNION MEMBERS FROM LOCAL 26 HOTEL WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY WHO WORK AT THE FAIRMONT COPLEY, BOSTON PARK PLAZA, LOGAN HILTON AND OTHERS STRIKING WORKERS INCLUDE ROOM ATTENDANTS, HOUSE PERSONS, FRONT DESK AGENTS, BELL AND DOOR PERSONS, RESTAURANT SERVERS, COOKS, DISHWASHERS, BARTENDERS, AND BANQUET WORKERS ALL WALKING A PICKET LINE IN HOPES OF GETTING A NEW DEAL THAT WILL IMPROVE HOTEL WORKERS WAGES, STAFFING AND HEALTH BENEFITS. WHENEVER SOMEONE COMES TO VISIT AND THEY STAY IN ONE OF THESE HOTELS, IT IS OUR HOTEL WORKERS WHO ARE PUTTING IN THE WORK AND THE LABOR TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. LOCAL 26 REPRESENTS THOUSANDS OF HOTEL WORKERS IN PROVIDENCE AND BOSTON. 99% OF THE UNION RECENTLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS STRIKE. THAT WILL AFFECT 30 PROPERTIES ACROSS THE CITY. ITS UNION SAYS. WORKERS HELPED HOTELS GET THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND PROSPER AFTERWARDS. PLEASE STEP UP. PLEASE RESOLVE THIS SITUATION. PLEASE PAY THESE THESE THESE HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN YOUR INDUSTRY. WHAT THEY'RE WORTH. FOR YEARS, PARK PLAZA HAS BEEN A PRO-UNION HOTEL AND HOSTED LABOR DAY BREAKFAST. THEY PLAN TO DO THE SAME TOMORROW, BUT POLITICIANS WILL NOT CROSS THAT PICKET LINE. SO THE UNION HAS MOVED THE BREAKFAST OUT TO THE STREET. AS FOR THE HOTELS, NO COMMENT ON THE STRIKE EXCEPT FOR HYATT, WHICH SAYS THEY ARE NEGOTIATING WITH THE UNION IN GOOD FAI