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Title: Hospitality Union Says Up To 90% Of Its Workers Will Lose Their Jobs
Post by: mystery-ak on March 18, 2020, 08:07:55 pm

Andrew Kerr
Investigative Reporter
March 18, 2020 2:31 PM ET


A labor union that represents 300,000 hospitality workers said Wednesday it expects upwards of 90% of its members could soon be out of a job due to coronavirus.

The Unite Here labor union represents people who work in hotels, airports and casinos, industries that have been decimated by massive drops in demand due to the outbreak, HuffPost reported.

Unite Here said its lower-bound expectation is that 80% of its workers could be out of a job. If the union’s estimate pans out, some 240,000 to 270,000 hospitality workers would be soon out of work.

“All workers are left with at this moment is an unemployment system that’s overloaded, a sick leave system that may provide checks someday, and rent that’s due on April 1,” the president of a Unite Here chapter in Seattle, Erik Van Rossum, told reporters on a call Wednesday.

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https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/18/hospitality-workers-lose-jobs-coronavirus/

Title: Re: Hospitality Union Says Up To 90% Of Its Workers Will Lose Their Jobs
Post by: Cyber Liberty on March 18, 2020, 08:27:23 pm

It's effectively 100% in Nevada.  All the casinos and restaurants are closed for a month.  Those are Union jobs.

Title: Re: Hospitality Union Says Up To 90% Of Its Workers Will Lose Their Jobs
Post by: truth_seeker on March 18, 2020, 08:30:32 pm

Radio just stated the Auto  makers announced they will shut down.

Ititerod won by a man from Norway.

Title: Re: Hospitality Union Says Up To 90% Of Its Workers Will Lose Their Jobs
Post by: GtHawk on March 19, 2020, 03:36:41 am

Okay so what is the union going to do for all those members in good standing that paid their dues............oh wait I forgot unions only do for the officers not the rank and file.