By Adam Pagnucco. I have written previously about the labor dispute at the Montgomery County Conference Center, which is owned by the county and run by Marriott. UNITE HERE Local…
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MoCo Conference Center Boycott Goes National
By Adam Pagnucco. As I have previously written, UNITE-HERE Local 25, which represents hotel and restaurant employees across the Washington region, has called for a boycott of the Montgomery County…
By Adam Pagnucco. UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region, has been calling for a boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center…
By Adam Pagnucco. During my career of working on union organizing campaigns, one of our greatest (and most dreaded) allies was Scabby the Rat. Often depicted with razor-sharp claws, blood-dripping…
You Kill My Dog, I Kill Your Cat
By Adam Pagnucco. “You kill my dog, I kill your cat.” So wrote former Baltimore Sun reporter Mike Dresser fifteen years ago. Dresser was writing about state legislators killing each…
By Adam Pagnucco. Last month, I broke the story that UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the D.C. region, had launched a boycott of…
By Adam Pagnucco. As I reported earlier, UNITE HERE Local 25 – which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region – has launched a boycott of the…
By Adam Pagnucco. Update: This post now includes a response from Council Member Laurie-Anne Sayles. Recently, I reported that UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees,…
By Adam Pagnucco. UNITE HERE Local 25, which represents hotel, restaurant and casino employees in the Washington region, has called for a boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center. The…
Will Marriott Keep its County Subsidy?
By Adam Pagnucco. Late last week, travel news site Skift broke the news that Bethesda-based Marriott International had notified its employees of pending layoffs. Later, the story was updated to…
