Hotel workers authorize strike if talks collapse
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Hotel workers, seeking to bolster their bargaining stance, authorized their union leaders to call a strike if labor negotiations break down with nine major Los Angeles hotels.
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Union workers went out on strike Wednesday morning at four San Francisco hotels, their contract bargaining having stalled over differences about wages, pensions and the term of a contract.
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LOS ANGELES - Thousands of hotel workers in Los Angeles voted to authorize a strike, their union said Tuesday, joining in an effort that could lead to walkouts in three cities.    About three-fourths of the 3,000 housekeepers, bellmen and other workers at nine prominent Los Angeles hotels took part in the vote Monday, and union spokesman Danny Feingold said Tuesday that 83 percent of them chose to authorize a strike...
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Flight attendants at the UAL Corporation, parent of United Airlines, authorized their union to call a strike if the carrier terminates their collective bargaining agreement, the union said on Thursday.
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Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways Group Inc.  have authorized their union to call a strike should a federal court allow airline management to void their contract, the Association of Flight Attendants said on Monday.
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Unionized workers at four large San Francisco hotels went on strike Wednesday morning over issues similar to those causing an impasse between hotels and their workers at several large hotels in Washington.
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Workers at four leading hotels began a two-week strike Wednesday, and their union said other big hotels in the city might soon lock out workers in the labor dispute centered on wages and pensions.
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Hotel workers in Washington, D.C.,  San Francisco and Los Angeles held out the threat of a strike  on Sunday, but have told management they will resume contract  talks, a D.C. union official said.
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In September, the city's unionized hotel workers were on the verge of striking, threatening to walk off the job at any moment if the 14 major hotels that employ them wouldn't meet a series of demands.
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Negotiators met today ahead of a midnight deadline as unions across the country prepared for a possible strike.
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A major Los Angeles hotel locked  out laundry workers on Thursday in a move the general manager  said could lead to a strike by union employees that, in turn,  threatens to spur action in two other major U.S. cities.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The Association of Flight Attendants will vote later Tuesday on a proposal to authorize a nationwide strike as tensions escalate between financially troubled airlines and their employees over drastic cost-saving measures.
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ Oct. 1, 2004 - About 10,000 casino hotel workers from more than half the city&#39;s 12 casinos went on strike Friday, even though negotiators had reached a tentative agreement with three of the casinos.
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Negotiators for 14 major District hotels walked out of contract talks with the union that represents 3,800 employees yesterday afternoon, raising the prospect of a work stoppage as early as today at the city's largest hotels.
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Strikes planned for January 7, 14 and 17 after union ballot
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2004 -- San Francisco -- Nearly 1,200 workers at four hotels here went on strike today after contract negotiations broke down yesterday when hotel owners filed an unfair labor practice complaint against their union.
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Union leaders for striking  Hollywood writers said they have reached a tentative contract  deal with studios and urged members on Saturday to support it,  calling for an end to a three-month walkout that has crippled  TV production and overshadowed Oscar season.