One Hotel Union’s Unusual Tactics

by | Aug 25, 2022 | Legal, UNITE-HERE

The UNITE HERE union has begun lobbying efforts with an unusual request for local lawmakers in a D.C. suburb (Alexandria, Virginia). One union leader went on record (with The Washington Post) to express the union’s key demand for the City Council to deny permits for new hotels if they cannot guarantee high wages and other demands.

Attempting to shut down a city’s flourishing development is an unusual strategy, to say the least, and the union’s effort has already failed with two new building projects. Further, Democratic Mayor, Justin Wilson, told WaPo that the city likely doesn’t possess the power “to set up scenarios where unionization can be guaranteed.” Still, it’s always worth watching this story and any other newly emerging union strategies.

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