Chicago Hotel Strike Enters Day 5 With Picket Lines at Several Downtown Hotels; Union Warns More Workers Could Walk Out

Additional user video shows picket lines walking near the hotels with musicians playing various instruments.

Only six hotels are on strike so far. UNITE HERE Local 1 says workers at the others could walk out “at any moment.”

About 7,000 workers at 46 hotels voted in September, with 85% in favor, to authorize a strike. Contracts at 44 of those hotels expired August 31.

They are asking for higher wages, better healthcare and pensions, civil rights protections, and safer workloads. The union says staffing hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The workers include room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk staff, and bartenders.

The strike began Friday, October 9, two days before the Chicago Marathon. Workers walked off the job at the Millennium Hotel Knickerbocker, Palmer House Hilton, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, and The Westin Michigan Avenue.

Hundreds of hotel workers are on strike for a fifth day at six downtown Chicago hotels, according to UNITE HERE Local 1.

A group is marching on the sidewalk outside the hotel, holding strike signs.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 25 E Delaware Pl.

Additional user video shows picket lines walking near the hotels with musicians playing various instruments.

Only six hotels are on strike so far. UNITE HERE Local 1 says workers at the others could walk out “at any moment.”

About 7,000 workers at 46 hotels voted in September, with 85% in favor, to authorize a strike. Contracts at 44 of those hotels expired August 31.

They are asking for higher wages, better healthcare and pensions, civil rights protections, and safer workloads. The union says staffing hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The workers include room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk staff, and bartenders.

The strike began Friday, October 9, two days before the Chicago Marathon. Workers walked off the job at the Millennium Hotel Knickerbocker, Palmer House Hilton, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, and The Westin Michigan Avenue.

Hundreds of hotel workers are on strike for a fifth day at six downtown Chicago hotels, according to UNITE HERE Local 1.

A group is marching on the sidewalk outside the hotel, holding strike signs.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 25 E Delaware Pl.

Additional user video shows picket lines walking near the hotels with musicians playing various instruments.

Only six hotels are on strike so far. UNITE HERE Local 1 says workers at the others could walk out “at any moment.”

About 7,000 workers at 46 hotels voted in September, with 85% in favor, to authorize a strike. Contracts at 44 of those hotels expired August 31.

They are asking for higher wages, better healthcare and pensions, civil rights protections, and safer workloads. The union says staffing hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The workers include room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk staff, and bartenders.

The strike began Friday, October 9, two days before the Chicago Marathon. Workers walked off the job at the Millennium Hotel Knickerbocker, Palmer House Hilton, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, and The Westin Michigan Avenue.

Hundreds of hotel workers are on strike for a fifth day at six downtown Chicago hotels, according to UNITE HERE Local 1.

A group is marching on the sidewalk outside the hotel, holding strike signs.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 25 E Delaware Pl.

Additional user video shows picket lines walking near the hotels with musicians playing various instruments.

Only six hotels are on strike so far. UNITE HERE Local 1 says workers at the others could walk out “at any moment.”

About 7,000 workers at 46 hotels voted in September, with 85% in favor, to authorize a strike. Contracts at 44 of those hotels expired August 31.

They are asking for higher wages, better healthcare and pensions, civil rights protections, and safer workloads. The union says staffing hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The workers include room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk staff, and bartenders.

The strike began Friday, October 9, two days before the Chicago Marathon. Workers walked off the job at the Millennium Hotel Knickerbocker, Palmer House Hilton, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, and The Westin Michigan Avenue.

Hundreds of hotel workers are on strike for a fifth day at six downtown Chicago hotels, according to UNITE HERE Local 1.

A group is marching on the sidewalk outside the hotel, holding strike signs.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 25 E Delaware Pl.

Additional user video shows picket lines walking near the hotels with musicians playing various instruments.

Only six hotels are on strike so far. UNITE HERE Local 1 says workers at the others could walk out “at any moment.”

About 7,000 workers at 46 hotels voted in September, with 85% in favor, to authorize a strike. Contracts at 44 of those hotels expired August 31.

They are asking for higher wages, better healthcare and pensions, civil rights protections, and safer workloads. The union says staffing hasn’t recovered to pre-pandemic levels.

The workers include room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk staff, and bartenders.

The strike began Friday, October 9, two days before the Chicago Marathon. Workers walked off the job at the Millennium Hotel Knickerbocker, Palmer House Hilton, Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Waldorf Astoria Chicago, The Westin Chicago River North, and The Westin Michigan Avenue.

Hundreds of hotel workers are on strike for a fifth day at six downtown Chicago hotels, according to UNITE HERE Local 1.

A group is marching on the sidewalk outside the hotel, holding strike signs.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 25 E Delaware Pl.