{"id":1872,"date":"2019-03-04T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global-labour.info\/en\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2019-03-04T18:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T18:12:27","slug":"1872","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/global-labour.info\/en\/2019\/03\/04\/1872\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Essay: Marriott Workers Celebrate Victory on the Picket Line (David Bacon, 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row featured-media-block\">\n<figure class=\"featured-media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lea01-1200x781.jpg\" alt=\"UNITE HERE Local 2 representative Rafael Leiva tells strikers at the Saint Francis Hotel that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"781\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNITE HERE Local 2 representative Rafael Leiva tells strikers at the Saint Francis Hotel that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"columns small-12 medium-4 sidebar-left\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\n<dl class=\"byline\">\n<dt class=\"meta-label\">By<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn\" href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/authors\/david-bacon\/\" rel=\"author\">David Bacon<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd class=\"source org\"><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\">Truthout<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<dl class=\"dateline\"><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"reading-list\">\n<div class=\"column entry-content\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content primary-content-column columns small-12 medium-8\">\n<p>For 61 days members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitehere2.org\/about-local-2\/\">UNITE HERE Local 2<\/a> struck at seven Marriott hotels in San Francisco during a national campaign targeting the world\u2019s largest hotel corporation. The San Francisco union was the last to settle and go back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Room cleaners won a $1.75 per hour raise retroactive to last August, and significant raises in the next three years, while fully employer-paid health care is guaranteed for the life of the contract. Housekeepers won workload reductions. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplesworld.org\/article\/san-francisco-marriott-workers-celebrate-new-contract\/\">new contract<\/a> strengthens workers\u2019 rights around the introduction of technology in the workplace, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/press-release\/unite-here-issues-investor-report-on-marriotts-green-program-short-term-cuts-long-term-problems-2018-11-05\">\u201cGreen Choice\u201d program<\/a>, sexual harassment of room cleaners by guests, employee safety, and immigration. The strike stopped Marriott from contracting out room service and food service in a number of hotels. In San Francisco, workers won unprecedented job protections \u2014 if they\u2019re laid off their names go into a pool where they\u2019ll receive preference for rehiring at other hotels.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was the result of the strike\u2019s meticulous planning and the participation of workers in the seven hotels. In four hotels, not one Local 2 member crossed the picket line. Only a few did in the other three hostelries at which workers were on strike.<\/p>\n<p>The images in this photo essay were taken on the last day of the strike. In the photographs, the workers react on the picket lines to the end of the strike, weigh the proposed agreement, vote on it and then celebrate it.<\/p>\n<p>To hear the workers\u2019 own accounts of the strike and why the union won, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/workers-ran-their-own-strike-and-beat-marriott\/\">read Truthout\u2019s exclusive interview<\/a> with UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh and UNITE HERE Local 2 organizer and Marriott campaign coordinator Kevin O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"truth-851437854\" class=\"truth-content\">\n<div class=\"banner_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"banner-247291\" class=\"banner subscribe-banner banner-247291 bottom vert custom-banners-theme-default_style\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_inner\">\n<div class=\"banner_caption_text\">\n<form class=\"subscribe-form input-group AVAST_PAM_nonloginform\" action=\"https:\/\/hq-org2.salsalabs.com\/save\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"input-group-button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253568 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/02.jpg\" alt=\"Saint Francis strikers listen to an outline of the strike settlement on the picket line on the last day of the strike.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/>Saint Francis strikers listen to an outline of the strike settlement on the picket line on the last day of the strike.<\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253567\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253567 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/03.jpg\" alt=\"Striker Richard Mason, one of the longest-term workers at the Saint Francis, shows his happiness on hearing that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Striker Richard Mason, one of the longest-term workers at the Saint Francis, shows his happiness on hearing that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253566\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253566 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/04.jpg\" alt=\"In front of the St. Regis Hotel, striker Camucha King and other Local 2 members celebrate the end of the strike.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In front of the St. Regis Hotel, striker Camucha King and other Local 2 members celebrate the end of the strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253565\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253565 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/05.jpg\" alt=\"Strikers celebrate the end of the strike at the St. Regis Hotel.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strikers celebrate the end of the strike at the St. Regis Hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253564\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253564 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/06.jpg\" alt=\"UNITE HERE Local 2 organizer and strategist Kevin O\u2019Connor on the picket line in front of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"3129\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNITE HERE Local 2 organizer and strategist Kevin O\u2019Connor on the picket line in front of the Marriott Marquis Hotel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253563\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253563 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/07.jpg\" alt=\"Camucha King and other St. Regis strikers put up Christmas decorations on their picket line when Marriott Corporation stonewalled negotiations at Thanksgiving, as a way to tell the company they were prepared to continue the strike through the holidays.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camucha King and other St. Regis strikers put up Christmas decorations on their picket line when Marriott Corporation stonewalled negotiations at Thanksgiving, as a way to tell the company they were prepared to continue the strike through the holidays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253562\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253562 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/08.jpg\" alt=\"UNITE HERE Local 2 Treasurer Tina Chen and other Local 2 members and organizers with their picket signs celebrating the 61st and last day of the Marriott strike. Local 2 members stayed on strike longer than any of the other eight cities involved in the national Marriott strike.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNITE HERE Local 2 Treasurer Tina Chen and other Local 2 members and organizers with their picket signs celebrating the 61st and last day of the Marriott strike. Local 2 members stayed on strike longer than any of the other eight cities involved in the national Marriott strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253560\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253560 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/09.jpg\" alt=\"UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh explains to strikers in detail the contract settlement agreed to with the Marriott Corporation, ending the strike at its seven San Francisco hotels.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UNITE HERE Local 2 President Anand Singh explains to strikers in detail the contract settlement agreed to with the Marriott Corporation, ending the strike at its seven San Francisco hotels.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253559\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-253559 size-full to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/10.jpg\" alt=\"Nonunion workers at the downtown JW Marriott Hotel come to the contract ratification meeting ending the Marriott strike, asking strikers to support them in their unionizing effort.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nonunion workers at the downtown JW Marriott Hotel come to the contract ratification meeting ending the Marriott strike, asking strikers to support them in their unionizing effort.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253558\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253558 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/11.jpg\" alt=\"Marriott strikers listen to the explanation of the terms of the contract settlement ending the strike.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marriott strikers listen to the explanation of the terms of the contract settlement ending the strike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253557\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253557 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/12.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel housekeepers bring their children and infants to the strike ratification meeting.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hotel housekeepers bring their children and infants to the strike ratification meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253556 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/13.jpg\" alt=\"Strikers vote on whether or not to accept the contract settlement.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Strikers vote on whether or not to accept the contract settlement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253555\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253555 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14.jpg\" alt=\"Happy over the gains in the contract ending the strike, strikers turn their vote on the agreement into a kind of celebration.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy over the gains in the contract ending the strike, strikers turn their vote on the agreement into a kind of celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253554\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253554 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/15.jpg\" alt=\"The children of strikers help count the votes on the ratification of the contract settling the Marriott strike in San Francisco.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The children of strikers help count the votes on the ratification of the contract settling the Marriott strike in San Francisco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253553\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253553 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/16.jpg\" alt=\"The vote to ratify the contract is almost unanimous, with only a handful of votes against and over a thousand in favor. Workers cheer when the vote total is announced.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The vote to ratify the contract is almost unanimous, with only a handful of votes against and over 1,000 in favor. Workers cheer when the vote total is announced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_253552\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-253552 to4-lazy-load is-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/17.jpg\" alt=\"Outside the contract ratification meeting strikers cheer during a press conference to announce the results.\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1410\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outside the contract ratification meeting strikers cheer during a press conference to announce the results.<\/figcaption><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr style=\"height: 1px;background-color: black\" \/>\n<p><strong>NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Text and all photographs copyright <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/authors\/david-bacon\/\"><em>David Bacon<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>David Bacon is a writer and photographer, and former union organizer. He is the author of several books on labor, migration and the global economy, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book\/9780520296077\/in-the-fields-of-the-north-en-los-campos-del-norte\">In the Fields of the North \/ En los campos del norte<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/book.php?isbn=9780520244726\" rel=\"noopener\">The Children of NAFTA<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornellpress.cornell.edu\/book\/?GCOI=80140100558350\" rel=\"noopener\">Communities Without Borders<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/Illegal-People-P780.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">Illegal People<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beacon.org\/The-Right-to-Stay-Home-P1055.aspx\" rel=\"noopener\">The Right to Stay Home<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>His photographs and stories can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/dbacon.igc.org\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>First published by <a href=\"http:\/\/Truthout.org\">Truthout.org<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/photo-essay-marriott-workers-celebrate-victory-on-the-picket-line\/\">https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/photo-essay-marriott-workers-celebrate-victory-on-the-picket-line\/<\/a>) 9 January, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITE HERE Local 2 representative Rafael Leiva tells strikers at the Saint Francis Hotel that a settlement has been reached in the Marriott strike. By David Bacon, Truthout For 61 days members of UNITE HERE Local 2 struck at seven Marriott hotels in San Francisco during a national campaign targeting the world\u2019s largest hotel corporation. 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