WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — Local 25, a union representing restaurant workers, said several recent votes to unionize service staff have not been recognized by owners of several popular eateries in D.C.
“No union contract“ was the message plastered on picket line signs outside the recently reopened The Occidental restaurant at the famed Willard Hotel on Thursday.
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Local 25’s event outside the restaurant’s Pennsylvania Avenue patio was held to represent service workers they recently voted to unionize at some of The Occidental’s sister restaurants, but those votes have fallen on deaf ears with Starr Restaurant Group ownership.
“Workers have been intimidated and bullied because they are [union] supporters. A super majority of workers at Le Diplomate, St. Anselm, and Pastis signed union-authorization cards in January,” Amanda Gomez, an employee with Local 25, said…