UNITE HERE Local 8: Are Hilton Hotels nICE Hotels? Seattle Embassy Suites Workers Call Out Company’s Insufficient Protections for Immigrants as Strike Passes 50 Days
Hilton has not agreed to tell the Union if ICE is present at their hotel, union launches billboard and digital ads informing customers
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As workers at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle Downtown Pioneer Square mark 50 days on strike, their union UNITE HERE Local 8 is calling out Hilton Hotels for rejecting proposed contract language that would require Hilton to tell Local 8 if ICE or DHS agents are present on the premises.
The union launched a digital billboard in downtown Seattle and digital ads to Hilton customers that place Hilton’s brand inside an ice cube, symbolizing the company’s ongoing position that ICE agents are welcome to stay at its hotels. The ads ask, “Are Hilton Hotels nICE hotels?” and remind customers the hotel is under boycott.
