PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Workers at another Center City hotel have voted to authorize a strike should a new contract not be in place by 12 a.m. Thursday.
Employees at the Warwick Hotel, located on 17th Street between Walnut and Locust streets, voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize a strike.
Hospitality workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 274 have been negotiating for a minimum wage of $30 an hour for non-tipped workers, gratuity on banquets held at the hotel, and a 15-room daily quota for housekeepers, among other demands.
The Warwick is also the fourth Center City hotel to potentially see a workers' strike during the current contract cycle. Workers at the Hampton Inn Center City and Wyndham Historic District hotels also hit the pickets lines, but both recently ratified new contracts.
Meanwhile, workers at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel at 17th and Race streets entered their fourth day on the picket line.
Union leaders said workers there are fighting for a $30 per hour wage by 2028 and access to family healthcare. Demonstrators marched from the Sheraton to the Warwick Wednesday afternoon ahead of a bargaining meeting between labor leaders and hotel management.
KYW Newsradio's Nigel Thompson and Shara Dae Howard contributed to this story.
They would join striking Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown workers
They would join striking Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown workers
