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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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In Washington, D.C., 5,000 AFL hotel workers struck at 18 major hotels on Oct. 12, forming picket lines after failed wage negotiations. Unions demanded 15/10-cent raises; hotels offered less and rejected a compromise, leading guests to self-serve.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.--The service at 18 of Washington's best known hotels went cafeteria style today.
Outside paraded the picket lines for 5,000 striking AFL waiters, waitresses, chambermaids, elevator operators, telephone girls, porters, bellhops, kitchen workers and bartenders.
Inside, upwards of 10,000 guests made their own beds, carried their own bags and waited for non-striking white collar help to run an occasional elevator. If they got hungry, they ate out.
The strike began late yesterday after a breakdown of negotiations for new union contracts to replace those which expired September 30.
The unions asked wage increases of 15 cents an hour for employees who don't get tips and 10 cents an hour for those who do. The Hotel Association, representing the 18 whose contracts had expired, offered 5 cent and 2½ cent hourly increases.
A government conciliator persuaded the unions to compromise at 8 and 4 cents, but the hotels declined, asserting it would add $1,000,000 a year to operating costs.
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Washington
Event Date
Oct. 12
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the hotels declined the unions' compromise offer of 8 and 4 cents hourly increases, asserting it would add $1,000,000 a year to operating costs.
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Picket lines were thrown around 18 leading hotels in Washington by 5,000 striking AFL workers including waiters, waitresses, chambermaids, elevator operators, telephone girls, porters, bellhops, kitchen workers, and bartenders. The strike began late yesterday after negotiations broke down for new union contracts expired September 30. Unions sought 15 cents hourly increase for non-tip earners and 10 cents for tip earners; hotels offered 5 and 2.5 cents.