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Union Workers to Vote on San Jose/Seattle Strikes

UNITE HERE union workers in Seattle and San Jose, California, confirmed they will hold a strike vote on Marriott properties, joining other union workers holding strike votes in San Francisco, Boston, Honolulu and Maui.

The vote will determine whether union workers can move forward with a strike in each city.

Workers in Seattle's UNITE HERE Local 8 announced they would hold a strike vote September 14 and workers in San Jose's UNITE HERE Local 19 announced they would hold a strike vote September 13. Workers in the destinations of Honolulu and on Maui are scheduled to vote the night of September 10 and workers in Boston and San Francisco are expected to vote September 12 and September 13, respectively.

[Marriott Strike Vote Update: Hawaii Union Workers Authorize Strike, See Results Here]

A strike can go into effect at any time after the day each union votes to authorize it. Wages, health benefits and worker safety are the primary unresolved issues union workers are voting to strike over.

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Tyler Davidson is the vice president and chief content director for Meetings Today, which publishes the meetings industry trade magazine Meetings Today as well as MeetingsToday.com, various newsletters, webinars, the in-person Meetings Today LIVE! Hosted-buyer events and other meetings and events industry B2B channels.

 

Tyler has covered the travel trade for nearly 35 years.  In his role with Meetings Today, which recently won the prestigious FOLIO: Eddies Award for best magazine issue, Tyler leads the editorial team on its mission to provide the most in-depth meetings content in the industry. Previously, he worked as the Asia, Canada, Pacific Northwest and Western U.S. editor at Travel Weekly magazine and TravelAge West. Before joining the dual editorial staff producing destination sections for Travel Weekly and TravelAge West, Tyler was the Africa, Israel, Middle East, Switzerland and Pacific Northwest editor at TravelAge West. He also undertook general news and feature assignments while working at the magazines. 

 

Besides reporting on the travel trade, Tyler has covered the real estate industry, held various editorial positions at the San Francisco-based national satire magazine The Nose, wrote freelance technology industry pieces and covered the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders for a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco. He has a B.A. in Journalism from San Francisco State University, where he worked in various editorial capacities on its award-winning student magazine, Prism. 

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