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Wandy Galv\u00e1n has cleaned rooms at the Westin St. Francis for nearly a decade, picking up after guests at one of San Francisco\u2019s most storied hotels. But for the past two months, the mother of three leaves her apartment in the Tenderloin to join her union\u2019s picket line instead \u2013 waving a sign in front of her workplace that reads: \u201cOne job should be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe clean the rooms, that\u2019s our job,\u201d said Galv\u00e1n, who says her employer wants to add extra tasks to her workload without additional pay. \u201cIt\u2019s enough to clean 14 rooms a day. Then they tell us, \u2018You have to do laundry. You have to clean the hallway. You need to help carry luggage.\u2019 \u2026 It\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Galv\u00e1n is one of 2,500 UNITE HERE Local 2 hotel workers striking across six major hotels owned by Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt. The workers are fighting to keep their health insurance and retirement plans, protect their workloads and secure raises tied to hotel profits. They say the hotel companies are trying to phase out their current protections and benefits in the new contract.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the strike reached its two-month mark, their movement is escalating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 200 hotel workers on strike marched in a rainstorm through downtown San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. For more than 60 days, more than one thousand hotel workers in the city have been on strike, demanding fair wages, healthcare, and more staffing. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 20, hundreds of striking hotel workers gathered at Yerba Buena Gardens Wednesday afternoon to mark the 60th day of the strike. Carrying banners and signs reading \u201cBet on SF,\u201d they marched through downtown in the pouring rain, stopping in front of the Palace Hotel for a rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, we have one message for the bosses,\u201d said Lizzy Tapia, president of Unite Here Local 2, through a plastic-covered megaphone during the rally. \u201cThis is your last chance. Do what’s in the best interest of your workers and this city.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four days later, 500 workers at the Marriott Marquis walked out of the job to join the strike. At any moment, 500 other workers who voted on Nov. 21 to authorize strikes at the W and the St. Regis could also walk out, turning the prolonged strike into one of the largest hotel worker strikes San Francisco has seen in<\/a> decades<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy Tapia, president of Unite Here Local 2, delivers a defiant speech to more than 200 striking hotel workers outside the luxury Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. \u201cWe have one message for the bosses: This is your last chance!\u201d Tapia shouted into the microphone. \u201cDo what\u2019s best for your workers and this city.\u201d Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Working together to set a fair standard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After their labor contracts expired in August and following a series of failed negotiations, hotel workers went on strike on Labor Day, joining more than 10,000 Local 2 hotel employees in a nationwide walkout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current strike began on Sept. 22. With no agreement in sight, it might extend over the holiday season and into the new year, organizers say. Galv\u00e1n said workers plan to stay outside until hotels call the union with a better proposal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the striking workers are employed by different hotel companies, they say they\u2019ve chosen to strike together to set the tone for all hotel workers in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we set a standard with one hotel company, we want all the other hotel companies to sign on to the same contract,\u201d said Unite Here! spokesperson Ted Waechter. \u201cThat way, there’s no group of workers that are treated like second class citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt are negotiating as a bloc, and union leaders hope a settlement with these chains will set a precedent for other companies in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 200 striking hotel workers marched through downtown San Francisco, Calif., during a rainstorm on Nov. 20, 2024. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fighting to preserve their protections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many workers, the strike isn’t about raising wages or expanding benefits \u2014 it\u2019s about keeping them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workers told El Tecolote<\/em> that their employers\u2019 proposals would erode healthcare benefits, retirement contributions, and manageable workloads \u2014 benefits that have long made these union jobs a source of stability for working-class communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing the job that was previously done by two people, and they want to pay me less for it,\u201d said Valeska Cruz, a room service worker at the Westin St. Francis. \u201cThis is a just cause \u2014 not only just for me, but for people who\u2019ve spent their whole lives working here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tania Barraza, a 15-year steward at the Hilton Union Square, said that losing these benefits would make surviving in the Bay Area nearly impossible for her and her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHealthcare here in California is unattainable without these plans,\u201d Barraza said. \u201cWe\u2019d need to use all our salary just to cover it. It\u2019s not sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A young child wrapped in plastic is surrounded by more than 200 striking hotel workers during a demonstration outside the luxury Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A strike that empowers workers \u2014 despite toll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To strike, workers have forgone their wages. The union provides $500 per month from its strike fund, but for families like Galv\u00e1n\u2019s, where both she and her husband are on strike, it hasn\u2019t been enough to cover rent. To make it work, Galv\u00e1n struck a temporary deal with her landlord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been spit at by passersby, they\u2019ve thrown me the finger, we\u2019re cold and exposed to anything,\u201d Galv\u00e1n said. \u201c… But I have faith we\u2019re going to win this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the hardships, Barraza says the strike feels empowering. \u201cIt\u2019s exhausting, but we\u2019re energized because we\u2019re fighting for our rights,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some workers have taken more direct action, including a sit-in last month on Union Square\u2019s cable car tracks, which resulted in 85 arrests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 200 hotel workers on strike marched in a rainstorm through downtown San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. For more than 60 days, more than one thousand hotel workers in the city have been on strike, demanding fair wages, healthcare, and more staffing. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Forget the \u201cdoom loop\u201d: Workers bet on San Francisco\u2019s recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco is the only city where hotel workers are still on strike since the nationwide walkouts in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city\u2019s slow recovery from the pandemic, union leaders say, is a sticking point in negotiations. They say hotel operators have argued that sluggish tourism makes cost-cutting necessary. To address this concern, the union proposed tying wage increases to hotel profits, provided hotels agree to protect workloads and maintain benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was our way of saying we are confident in San Francisco’s recovery,\u201d Waechter said. \u201cWe know business is going to come back because they said the same thing to us in 2008 after the recession or in 2001 after 9\/11, or in the 90s after the big earthquake in \u201889.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Camucha King, a hotel worker at The St. Regis, joins more than 200 hotel workers on strike, marching in a rainstorm through downtown San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. For more than 60 days, more than one thousand hotel workers in the city have been on strike, demanding fair wages, healthcare, and more staffing. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The three hotel companies involved in negotiations did not respond to El Tecolote\u2019s<\/em> requests for comment at the time of publication. In late October, they  told KQED <\/a>they were committed to negotiating fair agreements and minimizing strike-related disruptions for their guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the rally, Local 2 President Tapia urged hotels to stop \u201cdriving the doom loop.\u201d She pointed to several groups that pledged to bring conferences to the city starting in 2025 if strikes are settled in time, which could bring in 25,000 room nights to hotels in San Francisco. The union also said they did not strike during Salesforce\u2019s Dreamforce Conference in mid-September to honor the company\u2019s commitment to invest in the city for the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re willing to do everything in our power to accelerate this recovery if hotel bosses make the right decision,\u201d Tapia said. \u201d… As long as it’s a San Francisco that treats its workers with respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pablo Unzueta contributed to this report. This article was updated to reflect that 500 Marriot Marquis hotel workers walked out Sunday and joined the strike.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than 200 hotel workers on strike held a demonstration outside the luxury Palace Hotel during a rainstorm in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2024. For more than 60 days, more than one thousand hotel workers in the city have been on strike, demanding fair wages, healthcare, and more staffing. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More than 200 striking hotel workers held a demonstration outside the luxury Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Calif., during a rainstorm on Nov. 20, 2024. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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