Boycott Continues

We are the roomcleaners, cooks, dishwashers, bussers, bellpersons, servers, bartenders and other hotel workers who have always been happy to serve you at more than 60 San Francisco hotels. But now we ask you to boycott seven hotels in our city.

Since August 2009, we have been fighting to get a fair deal with the corporations that run some of San Francisco's biggest hotels. Despite the economic downturn, the hotel industry remains fundamentally profitable, both in San Francisco and nationally. But companies like Hyatt, Starwood, and Hilton want to pretend none of this matters. They are trying to churn even more profits by squeezing workers like us.

We are not going to stand for the corporations' excuses. They don't need to take away affordable family health care to ensure the "health" of their businesses. As a result, over the past few months San Francisco hotels have seen picketlines, civil disobedience, and strikes.

If you have a reservation or an event at the following hotels, you should move to another hotel immediately. Please contact us for information and help.

In addition to the boycotts at these seven hotels, the following San Francisco properties are at risk of a dispute. If you have an upcoming event at one of these hotels, please contact us so we can provide you with advice on how to protect your event from the effects of a boycott or strike if they should occur.

*Workers have called boycotts at the Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf and Le Meridien hotels in support of demands that management permit workers to choose whether to form a union in an environment free of threats and intimidation. The hotels have no contract with Local 2.

Le Meridien Hotel bosses lose court battle against Local 2

November 2, 2009 – For over four months, HEI Le Meridien hotel management has been trying to restrict the rights of workers and their supporters from freely demonstrating outside of the hotel. Demonstrations have occurred almost weekly since workers launched a boycott of their own hotel in February of 2009. On November 2, the judge ruled against hotel management and refused to sign an order that would have restricted the rights of workers and their supporters to demonstrate outside the property.

Read more about HEI Le Meridien and Hyatt organizing campaigns in San Francisco