The resolution accords no funds or resources to support the workers or their cause. But it sends a message of solidarity with workers as the strike pushes into its third week.
John Abrenilla continue striking outside of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 in San Diego, California. In a largely symbolic move, the San Diego City Council on Tuesday threw its overwhelming support behind the more than 700 hotel workers on strike at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront.
Roughly 700 unionized hotel workers are striking at the 1,190-room Gaslamp Quarter hotel in a bid for higher wages, staffing increases, improved protections from harassment and reduced workloads. The union has said that efforts to reach an agreement with the hotel started in July and didn’t succeed in time for the contract expiration.Hilton did not respond to requests seeking comment Tuesday.
The union has juxtaposed “record high” hotel profits against lagging worker wages. Data from CoStar, a real estate data and analytics company, shows that both profit and labor costs were up in 2023 compared to 2022 nationwide. “When I started in 1997, literally the only City Council person who cared about us was Juan Vargas from District 8,” she said. “The rest only cared about TOT,” or the Transient Occupancy Tax, a city tax collected by tourism lodging properties.
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