if you're not traveling or you're not in the industry you may not realize this but thousands of hotel workers are now on strike in the country and it's really just the tip of the iceberg because on Sunday we saw more than 10,000 hotel workers in eight major cities walking off the job we're talking Boston San Francisco San Diego Seattle and Honolulu just to name a few and this initial wave has focused mostly on Hilton Marriott and hayatt properties and according to Unite Here the union representing the workers these strikes are the result of negotiations breaking down with the workers calling for higher wages Fair Staffing and workloads and the reversal of Co era Cuts with the Union saying in their statement many hotels took advantage of the covid-19 pandemic to cut Staffing and guest services that were never restored causing workers to lose jobs and income and creating painful working conditions for those who carry the increased workload and the Union's president Gwen Mills adding in her own statement we're on strike because the hotel industry has gotten off track during Co everyone suffered but now the hotel industry is making record profits while workers and guests are left behind workers aren't making enough to support their families but follow to stay in the loop