San Francisco Hyatt Hotel union workers with UNITE HERE Local 2 vote, unanimously approve new contract [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Hyatt hotel workers who have been on strike for the past three months unanimously approved a new union contract on Saturday, the employees’ union said in a press release.

It is the same four-year contract as one reached with Marriott hotels on Thursday that the Unite Here Local 2 union said included wage increases, preserved its health insurance plan, and would prevent understaffing and workload increase that have plagued the industry since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unite Here Local 2, the union representing the striking hotel workers, negotiated a tentative contract with Hyatt Hotels Corporation late Friday. Hundreds of union members who work at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, Hotel Kabuki, and Hyatt Regency San Francisco at Embarcadero all voted ‘yes’ on Saturday to ratify the contract.

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