Pelosi Urges End to Hotel Lockout
and Settlement of Contract Dispute
November
10, 2004
San Francisco - House Democratic
Leader Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to the leadership of
the Hotel Multi-Employer Group and the Hotel Employees and
Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) Local 2 urging that
management end the lockout of hotel workers and that both parties
resolve the contract dispute:
Mr. Mike Casey, President
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE)
Local 2
209 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Mr. Mark Huntley, President
San Francisco Multi-Employer Group
c/o the Fairmont San Francisco
950 Mason Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
Dear Mr. Casey and Mr. Huntley,
San Francisco is the most beautiful city in the world, and the
impeccable service provided at its many hotels make our city a
vacation and tourist destination. San Francisco also has a long
history of organized labor negotiating good wages and working
conditions for workers and their families.
More than a month has passed, and this lock-out has begun to tarnish
San Francisco's reputation as a national leader for strong working
relationships between labor and management. It is time for the
Multi-Employer Group to end the lock-out, and for the Hotel
Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) and
the Multi-Employer Group to come together and settle a contract for
the good of San Francisco. Continuation will only serve to harm San
Francisco's hotel workers and their families and the San Francisco
hotel industry. It will further damage San Francisco's standing as a
top destination for tourism and conventions and slow the City's
economic recovery. I know that you are well aware of the national
implications of prolonging the lock-out, and I urge you to not allow
San Francisco hotels to become a harbinger of a nationwide hotel
labor dispute.
I am committed to helping San Francisco hotel management and labor
in anyway possible. I urge you to exercise the strong and wise
leadership you have demonstrated in the past to find agreement on
outstanding issues, and to show the rest of the country that San
Francisco hotel labor and management are committed to negotiating a
fair and equitable contract.
Thank you for your consideration of this request for action.
Sincerely,
NANCY PELOSI
House Democratic Leader
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