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Hundreds more striking Boston hotel workers reach tentative contract agreement
Picket lines outside the Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Hilton Boston Park Plaza have been suspended.
Hundreds of hotel workers are set to return to their jobs on Friday after a 24-day strike, following a tentative agreement with Hilton Hotels & Resorts.
According to UNITE HERE Local 26, union members are preparing to ratify the contract for workers at the Hilton Boston Logan Airport, Hilton Boston Park Plaza, DoubleTree Hilton Boston-Cambridge, and the Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites Boston Seaport.
During the initial wave of nationwide hotel strikes on Labor Day weekend, Hampton Inn & Homewood Suites workers went on strike for three days.
The vote will take place Thursday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. If passed, about 600 striking workers will return to work on Nov. 1.
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Picket lines outside the striking Hilton Boston Logan Airport and Hilton Boston Park Plaza hotels have been suspended.
“We are pleased to have reached a tentative labor agreement for our valued Boston Team Members, who are at the heart of everything we do,” said Paul Ades, senior vice president and assistant general counsel for Hilton, in a statement. “We believe the tentative agreement will benefit both our Team Members and our hotels.”
Workers from more than 30 Boston properties whose contracts expired on Aug. 31 have negotiated new agreements since April. Demands include wage increases, improved benefits, and more sustainable workloads.
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On Oct. 20, workers from the Omni Boston Seaport and the Omni Parker House hotels unanimously ratified a new contract.
UNITE HERE Local 26 says the Hilton agreement achieves the same standard of wages and benefits set by Omni Hotels & Resorts.
Contracts at other Boston hotels, including Marriott and Aimbridge-operated properties, where strikes have also been authorized, remain unresolved.
UNITE HERE Local 26 represents workers in the hospitality industries in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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