Why hotel workers are on strike in the U.S.

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:03:56 Category: News & Politics

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EVENING NEWS TONIGHT. JOHN DICKERSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >>> WE ALSO WANT TO BRING YOU THIS UPDATE WHERE THOUSANDS OF HOTEL WORKERS WILL ROLL ON STRIKES TODAY. AND THESE STRIKES MAINLY INVOLVE HILTON, MARRIOTT, AND HYATT BRAND HOTELS, PERHAPS YOU'RE WATCHING FROM ONE NOW WHERE THEY WALKED OFF THE JOB DELIVERING WORKLOADS TO PERFECT STAFFING LEVELS AND OVERALL BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS. SPOKESPERSON FOR THE WORKERS UNION SAYS BOTH SIDES WILL REMAIN FAR APART. TELLING CBS NEWS, WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY WERE CHOSEN TO STRIKE WHILE THEY REMAIN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE. THEY TOLD US IT IS COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATING IN GOOD FAITH TO REACH A FAIR AND REASONABLE AGREEMENTS. AND MARRIOTT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT. WE STILL STAND BY FOR THAT. JOINING US WITH MORE ON THIS IS ONE OF THE HOTEL WORKERS STRIKING OVER IN HONOLULU IN WISCONSIN. THANK YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR DAY WITH US. HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR SITUATION, THE WORKING CONDITIONS THAT YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE AND WHY YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES WILL FEEL THAT THIS TYPE OF WORK, WHAT, THREE DAY STRIKE NOW IS NECESSARY? >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO HERE IN HAWAII, AS WE HAVE COME BACK FROM THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT IT IS STARTING TO PICK UP TO LEVELS IN THE PRE-PANDEMIC. AND AS THE COMPANY CAME BACK, THEY WERE REGRESSING ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING THE GUEST. SO WE FOUND THAT THEY ARE JUST NOT RESPECTING THE GUESTS OR THE WORK. THEY ARE ACTUALLY CHARGING MORE FOR SERVICES, YET THEY ARE CUTTING BACK ON THE SERVICES THAT THEY ARE OFFERING. SO WE JUST WANT TO LET THE COMPANIES KNOW THAT THEY WILL NEED TO START RESPECTING THE GUESTS, RESPECTING THE WORKERS. SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE A BETTER FUTURE FOR IT. >> AND AS A GUEST OF ONE OF THOSE BRANDS, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING ARE THINGS LIKE TURN DOWN SERVICE, EXTRA TOILETRIES, WHERE THIS WAS STANDARD PREPANDEMIC. SOME HOTELS HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE IT AN OPTION THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO REQUEST. YOU HAVE TO REQUEST THAT YOUR ROOM IS CLEAN AND TO REQUEST ROOM SERVICE AND PERHAPS YOU WOULD PICK UP THE BAG FROM THE RESTAURANT. WE JUST READ SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM HYATT AND ILL HADTON. WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MARRIOTT. BUT WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING PUBLICLY IN RESPONSE TO THIS STRIKE AND HOW THEY'RE TREATING THESE NEGOTIATIONS SO FAR? >> WE HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE WITH THEM SINCE APRIL OF THIS YEAR. OUR CONTRACT ACTUALLY ENDED ON JUNE 30, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITHOUT A CONTRACT FOR ABOUT JUST OVER TWO MONTHS NOW. EVERY TIME WHEN WE WOULD MEET THEM AT THE TABLE, WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO TRY TO MEET US HALFWAY OR TO COME THROUGH SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT TO MOVE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND YET THEY KEEP PUSHING US U OFF AND SAYING NO TO ANYTHING THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR. BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THEY CANNOT HANDLE. WE ARE JUST ASKING THAT WE ARE VALUED FOR WHAT WE DESERVE AND TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD COMPENSATE US CORRECTLY. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE YOU WANT TO GET ACROSS TO THESE QUITE POWERFUL AND PROFITABLE COMPANIES WHO ARE REAPING RECORD PROFITS THESE DAYS? >> YES, AS WE HAVE ALL KNOWN THESE COMPANIES, THEY MAKE RECORD NUMBERS AND REVENUE FOR THE PAST YEAR, EVER SINCE WE HAVE BEEN COMING BACK TO THE PANDEMIC AND DUE TO WHAT THEY WERE OFFERING. THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MEET US IN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR AT THE TABLE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THESE PROFITS THAT IT

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