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BOSTON – After going on strike for months to protest unfair wages, hundreds of Boston Marriott Local 26 Marriott hotel workers may soon vote for a new deal.
In an announcement via Twitter, the union at Local 26 in Boston said it had reached an agreement in principle and hold a ratification vote scheduled for 14 hours. at the Hynes Convention Center on Saturday.
After months of negotiations, more than 1,500 housekeepers, cooks, waiters and dishwashers have expressed dissatisfaction with unfair wages, many claiming that they should not have more than one job on time full to support their families.
Some members of the local must take second and third jobs just to cover living expenses and rent for their families, says the union, and "one job should be enough".
GREAT NEWS! We have reached an agreement in principle and a ratification vote is scheduled for 14 hours at the Hynes Convention Center today. No picket lines tomorrow! See when workers walking on the last picket lines of the day have heard the news. #MarriottStrike # 1job pic.twitter.com/BntBnKEsvn
– UNITE HERE Local 26 (@ UNITEHERE26) November 17, 2018
This is the first hotel strike in the history of the city.
The last time Local 26 went on strike was held at Harvard in October 2016. Employees in the dining room left for 22 days before finally signing a contract with the university.
The strike affected seven Marriott-operated hotels in downtown Boston, said the union, including the Aloft Boston Seaport District; the Boston Seaport District Element; the Ritz-Carlton Boston; the Sheraton Boston; the W Hotel Boston; the Westin Boston Waterfront; and the Westin Copley Place.
Workers at Marriott hotels in other cities – including Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle – have voted in favor of strike authorization or have left the job in recent months.
MORE: Hundreds of workers at Boston Marriott hotels go on strike
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