Hotel Housekeepers around the world rising up for their rights
...the IUF, echoing the call for Marriott, the world’s largest hotel company, to engage with the IUF on measures to combat sexual harassment at the workplace. Photos of unions in...
Italy: Combatting sexual harassment – trade unions keep pressure on Marriott
IUF affiliates Filcams-Cgil, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil met with Marriott Italy on June 28 to discuss policies to fight sexual harassment at Marriott’s nine luxury Italian hotels. The unions’ demands included...
Switzerland: UNIA urges Marriott to negotiate measures against sexual harassment
...exploitation in the hospitality sector” hosted by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, where a Marriott representative was invited to speak on “advancing human rights at Marriott International”. ...
San Francisco Marriott workers return to work with important gains, ending nationwide US hotel strikes
Striking members of UNITE HERE at 7 Marriott San Francisco hotels voted overwhelmingly to approve a new agreement on October 5 after two months on the picket line, closing 9...
Hotel housekeepers around the world highlight their fight for rights in IUF Global Week of Action
...at Marriott hotels across the US. In the course of the week, unions organized public demonstrations and other actions to raise awareness of the situation of housekeepers and held educational...
From the Marriott US picket lines, solidarity with the fight for rights at Marriott Indonesia
On October 10, local UNITE HERE union local leaders in all the US cities involved in the Marriott strikes and campaign wrote to Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, calling for the...
Marriott strikes spread as thousands more workers say ‘One job should be enough!’
UNITE HERE members at Marriott hotels in 5 more U.S. cities have joined the growing national strike, which now brings the number of strikers to 7,700 at 23 hotels. On...
‘One job should be enough!’: Marriott workers on strike in cities across the US
...a new website – workersofmarriott.org – to monitor Marriott’s compliance with international human rights standards throughout their operations, including the fundamental right of all workers at Marriott hotels to join...
Hotel chains respond to campaign against sexual harassment
...to come forward and ensure their safety and job security in Marriott-branded hotels worldwide. Affiliates have pledged to keep campaigning and demanding that Marriott negotiate with the IUF. MWWT2.jpg Marriott_India_HEFOI.jpg...
Marriott workers in Italy win a new CBA
IUF-affiliated Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs have renewed the CBA for nine Marriott hotels in Italy, involving some 3.000 workers. Key points for the new agreement are the company’s...
Swiss union investigation into housekeeping in Marriott Zürich hotels reveals exploitative, dangerous and unsanitary conditions
An investigation by IUF affiliate Unia into housekeeping in Marriott-branded hotels in Zürich – one of the world’s most expensive cities – shows the brutal consequences of cut-throat outsourcing: extreme...
Marriott workers around the world demand global measures to combat sexual harassment
On June 27, IUF members at Marriott hotels around the world demonstrated in support of the call for concrete action by the world’s largest hotel group to protect workers from...