San Francisco’s Beaux-Arts Palace Hotel became the city’s fifth major hotel contending with a strike, union officials said.
The Beaux-Arts Palace Hotel joined the San Francisco Marriott Union Square, the Grand Hyatt San Francisco Union Square, Hilton San Francisco Union Square, and Westin St. Francis, where workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 have been on strike since September.
Union officials said in a press release that 310 workers from the Beaux-Arts went on strike Sunday. According to the union, 1,600 hotel workers were already on strike in San Francisco.
Contracts for employees including housekeepers, bellhops, cooks, dishwashers, servers and bartenders expired at the end of August. Workers are demanding better wages, affordable health care and the restoration of jobs cut during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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