Omni managers met with union leaders and workers in a second-floor conference room at the downtown hotel Wednesday to continue negotiating a new contract — and to try to avoid another workplace walkout.
Those negotiations took place three days after the hotel’s union, represented by UNITE HERE Local 217, led a four-day strike to protest for better wages, healthcare, and pensions. The union represents 120 hotel workers, including bellhops, room cleaners, cooks, and others.
The union’s last contract expired in March. After striking from Thursday morning through Sunday evening, union workers returned to their jobs on Monday. The hotel stayed open to guests over the course of the strike, reportedly with the help of temp workers…