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Workers at Hilton Downtown Boston Join Local 26
On May 16, 2012, the 74 workers at the Blackstone-owned Hilton Downtown celebrated union recognition at their hotel. They choose to join Boston’s Local 26 by card count recognition. The victory caps an 8-month organizing effort that began with underground meetings in September 2011. In December, the workers went public with 92% having signed…
Boston’s Local 26 & Mayor Menino’s Boston Shines
For the past ten years, over 5,000 volunteers have come together for two days in the spring to participate in a Boston citywide clean up event. This year, more than 70 members from Boston’s Local 26 participated in the event to paint a community center, plant flowers, sweep, rake and pick up trash to make our…
All is not fair in Boston hotels
By Lawrence Harmon, The Boston Globe Both the Hilton Boston Downtown and the Omni Parker House are high-quality hotels popular with tourists and business travelers who want to be in the center of the city. You can trust that the beds at both hotels are top-notch. But there is a big pay gap when it…
****WHY WE NEED A STRIKE AND ORGANIZING FUND****
We face a tremendous challenge.In 2013 most Local 26 memberswill be in contract negotiations. Thecontracts for all hotel workers,convention center workers, FenwayPark workers and MIT workers -5000 Local 26 members in all – willexpire. Click on the link above to read more.
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