Dems, Labor Council move annual breakfast outside to support striking hotel workers: report

Daniel Hampton
September 2, 2024 



Democrats in Massachusetts moved their annual Labor Day breakfast outdoors for the first time in history — as opposed to its usual location inside a hotel — in a show of support with hundreds of striking workers, according to a report.

Darlene Lombos, president of the Greater Boston Labor Council, which has more than 100,000 workers and holds the breakfast each year, told WBUR in a statement Sunday that they changed their plans and are "doing things differently this year." The event was planned to be held at the Park Plaza Hotel, where workers were striking.

"We are going to bring attention to the changes that are needed in the hotel industry, and frankly, so many other industries, where workers continue to be paid far too little as executive compensation goes up and up," Lombos told the news outlet.

Outside the hotel, marching workers chanted and held signs saying "Make them pay!" and "One job should be enough."

The labor council said it would "not cross the picket line."



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