San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel workers go on strike NBC Bay Area [Video]

About 500 workers at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel went on strike Sunday morning, union officials said.

The San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel workers joined workers at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, Marriott Union Square, Palace Hotel and Westin St. Francis, where workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 are already on strike.

Local 2 officials said in a press release that the strike now includes 2,500 housekeepers, bellhops, cooks, dishwashers, servers, bartenders, and more. The strike has been going on since September 22, according to Ted Waechter, a spokesman for the union.

“Today is day one of the strike here at the Marriott Marquis. We have been on strike at five other hotels, some of them for up to 64 days,” said Lizzy Tapia, president of Local 2. We are escalating the fight. We now have 2,500 workers out on strike, and one …