Some regard Covid as a distant memory. But members of the Hotel Workers Union still feel stuck in the pandemic — when it comes to wages.
A union spokesperson tells Boston 25 News the workers have not negotiated a new contract since 2018. And for the last two years, she said, they have been working under a contract extension. It allowed for minimal raises, which workers agreed to in an effort to help their employers recover from the pandemic.
Over the summer, the union conducted a series of three-day walk-outs as a warning shot to the hotel companies. But last Friday, the deadline for new contracts passed with no agreement. The union thus authorized an indefinite walk-out at two of the nearly 40 hotels it’s negotiating with. Workers picketed outside the Hilton Park Plaza in Boston and the Logan Airport Hilton beginning Sunday morning…