Picket in Support of Hotel Workers in Northern Virginia
HEI Hotels and Resorts, owner of the Sheraton Crystal City, is one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the US yet employees have experienced reduced hours and layoffs, shortages in cleaning supplies and basic materials, and increased workloads - especially in housekeeping.
Now, HEI workers are fighting back! Supported by student activists and local community leaders, workers presented their general manager, Pradeep Bobba, with a demand for a air and democratic process for deciding whether to form a union, without management interference. ow, HEI managers have fired union leader Ferdi Lazo and Hermen Romero. Support workers' right to organize!
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