Local 19 San Jose Marriott workers ratified an agreement and will end their strike. They’re proud of what they’ve accomplished and will continue to support the thousands of striking workers across the country!
UPDATE: San Jose Marriott workers ratified an agreement & will end their strike of 37 days. Thank you to our supporters! More to come after all Marriott workers on strike secure agreements that make One Job Should Be Enough reality! #marriottstrike #1job pic.twitter.com/TteMWxHo6f
— UNITE HERE Local 19 (@UNITEHERE_19) November 10, 2018
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We’re on television! Local 5 is running this ad about our fight!
Local 24 President Nia Winston and Detroit strikers took the stage at the Facing Race conference. Conference goers didn’t book their rooms at the Westin Book Cadillac and honored our lines.
Nia, @unitehere Local 24 thanks #FacingRace for standing in solidarity with workers in Detroit on strike for stronger contracts with sexual harassment language and fair wages. Nia salutes @TaranaBurke who inspired additional union protections for working women after #MeToo. pic.twitter.com/RbIOQDhoVF
— Bethany Khan (@BethanyKhan) November 10, 2018
Nia’s speech, highlighting the solidarity the conference has shown, and the strength it continues to give us all, received a standing ovation.
Standing ovation for @unitehere worker solidarity at #FacingRace. ✊🏻✊🏾✊🏿 pic.twitter.com/dl62atq9xz
— Bethany Khan (@BethanyKhan) November 10, 2018
Matt LoPresti, a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives, supported Local 5 strikers.
Mahalo for your support!
Posted by Unite Here! Local 5 on Friday, November 9, 2018
Hawaii had a young striker bring some sweetness to the picket line with a rose. 
We do this for our future. 🌹 #OneJobShouldBeEnough Support @uniteherehawaii on strike. pic.twitter.com/fxksDmhzyh
— Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) October 14, 2018
Cleve Jones, an LGBT rights icon and Community and Political Coordinator with UNITE HERE, brought a march to the Local 2 picket lines. Solidarity!
Last night @CleveJones1 and hundreds of #SF #ProtectMueller protesters marched from Civic Center to 4th & Mission to join in solidarity with @UniteHereLocal2 for #MarriottStrike because #OneJobShouldBeEnough pic.twitter.com/bp8oNUBEsQ
— Janine Nkosi (@JanineNkosi) November 9, 2018
Yusef Miller and the Interfaith Worker Justice of San Diego County supported the strikes at Local 30.
Thank you, Yusef Miller and Interfaith Worker Justice of San Diego County for standing with Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter workers since the beginning of this strike!! #SiSePuede!! #MarriottStrike #1Job
Posted by UNITE HERE Local 30 on Friday, November 9, 2018
In Boston, the New England Regional Council of Carpenters gave $25,000 to the strike fund.
To keep our strike strong, the @NERCC, New England Regional Council of Carpenters, gave $25,000 to our Local 26 Strike Assistance Fund. An incredible act of solidarity. Thank you! #MarriotStrike #1job #1u pic.twitter.com/3SdANIbTxb
— UNITE HERE Local 26 (@UNITEHERE26) November 10, 2018
Local 26 distributed donations from the strike fund as well. The support we’ve gotten keeps us strong and ready to keep up the fight!
Your donations keep our strike strong. Thank you! Donate at https://t.co/MGwIJRBrh6 #MarriottStrike #1job #1u pic.twitter.com/fJWSRDVLQ7
— UNITE HERE Local 26 (@UNITEHERE26) November 9, 2018
Mayor Marty Walsh gave the strikers some love.
Thank you Mayor @marty_walsh for always standing with us. Together, we will win one job that is enough! #MarriottStrike #1job pic.twitter.com/kowrs1xyJb
— UNITE HERE Local 26 (@UNITEHERE26) November 10, 2018
News Guild District Council members joined Local 2 on the picket lines!
What do you do when you visit San Francisco? Join the @UniteHereLocal2 picket line in front of the Saint Francis. @news_guild district council members on the line. pic.twitter.com/PJ7TShlSV6
— Michael Cabanatuan (@ctuan) November 10, 2018
In press highlights, Boston Local 26 got noticed because of their chanting from the picket lines. Residents near the hotel complained and are trying to silence us.
“It’s perfectly within the rights of white millionaires to take legal action to try to silence black and brown working-class people,” said Brian Lang, president of Unite Here 26, the hospitality workers union.
“The Points Guy” published a list of hotels for travelers to visit in order to honor our picket lines. Read it here.
In other news, Measure Z was approved in Oakland. This means that hotel housekeepers in Oakland, like the Local 2850 members who recently settled their strike, get safety buttons and increased workplace protections. Watch the video from Telemundo here.
We’re winning! Let’s keep fighting!
