Housekeepers Rally for New Contract in Hard-Hit Sacramento Thursday October 8 2:58 pm
Zeida Rangel, a housekeeper at the Radisson Hotel Sacramento, located in California's capital city. (Photo by Aamir Deen) By Seth Sandronsky Xochitl Pelayo and Zeida Rangel are housekeepers at the Radisson Hotel Sacramento. Both earn $9.45 an hour, with a 30-cent bonus for each room they clean, thanks to a union pact with Unite Here Local 49, part of the AFL-CIO. Radisson proposed eliminating this payment arrangement during negotiations for a new contract, which have been ongoing since June—meaning housekeepers would clean more than 14 rooms a day and lose their 30-cent per-room bonus, according to Pelayo and Rangel. Together, the two women have worked nine years for the company. Further, the Radisson seeks to reduce its contribution to the health and pension plans of its 110 unionized employees (housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, servers, front-desk clerks and bell persons) out of a work force of150, said Marco Hernandez, a Local 49 member who works at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento. Wednesday, October 7, Hernandez, Pelayo and Rangel joined 50 people picketing outside the Radisson to inform its guests and the general public that the hotel's employees deserve better. clip: http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5009/housekeepers_rally_for_new_contract_in_hard-hit_sacramento/ Seth Sandronsky __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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