For immediate release
April 9, 2007
Sarah Massey
(202) 445-1169
Hotel Workers Rising Comes to Nation’s Capitol
While Senate Debates Employee Free Choice Act, D.C. Hotel Workers Rally For Workers' Rights
On Thursday, April 12, hundreds of Washington D.C. hotel workers will join with UNITE HERE International President Bruce Raynor and Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John Boardman to rally for workers’ rights, affordable healthcare, retirement with dignity, and job security.
WHO: Hundreds of D.C. hotel workers, including cooks, housekeepers, waiters, and dishwashers, UNITE HERE International President Bruce Raynor, UNITE HERE Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John Boardman
WHAT: Hotel Workers Rising March and Rally
WHEN: Thursday, April 12, 5:30 PM March over Taft Bridge (Connecticut Ave Bridge), followed by 6:00 PM Rally at Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
WHERE: 24th St NW, Between Connecticut and Calvert, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
“Hotel Workers deserve to be a part of the middle class,