"The workers have a firsthand view of how busy the properties are and how much they're charging guests for the rooms," said Carlos Aramayo, president of UNITE HERE Local 26, in a statement. "The money that the companies are making has not been going into the workers' pockets. We need a reset. That's why the workers made this decision to go on an open-ended strike - to make the companies pay them the wages they deserve."
As negotiations drag on, more hotel workers at Boston's premiere hotels are striking indefinitely until a deal is reached. Room attendants, housekeepers, front desk agents, doorkeepers, cooks, and others are among the workers on strike.
UNITE HERE Local 26 gave hotel companies, including Hilton, Marriott, and Omni, a deadline of Oct. 4 to reach an agreement before commencing indefinite strikes. Workers from other UNITE HERE Local 26 properties may strike anytime.
Previously, workers at both Omni properties went on strike for three days from Sept. 19 to 21. This is the first year in its 170-year history that employees have gone on strike at the Omni Parker House.
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