Members of The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union Local 2 staged a siege, a temporary picket line, on Friday, July 21st in front of the Hilton Hotel on O'Farrell Street to highlight the fact that the Union's contract with the hotel expired on August 14 2004. Photos

Negotiations with the Multi-Employer Group have started up again. This time Hotel Workers across the country are in a position to negotiate at the same time in an effort to raise the standard of hotel jobs. Hotel Workers Rising says, "Hotel Workers are on the front lines of a struggle to lift our communities into the middle class; to make it possible for working people to live in San Francisco." The hotel workers encouraged the community join them in a march on Thursday July 27th at 4:15pm, starting at Union Square. Photos

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