(PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - After a nine-day Strike, Members of UNITE HERE Local 274 have unanimously ratified a new contract that covers 170 Workers employed at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel that will run through January 2028. The Hospitality Workers walked off the job at the City’s largest Union Hotel as World Cup games started and during preparations for Fourth of July celebrations. The new deal includes wage increases to $30 per hour for Non-Tipped Employees by January 2028, a reduction in Room Attendants’ daily quota, an 18% banquet gratuity, pension plan improvements and more. Workers will also receive better benefits for dependents' health care and "major increases in pension," according to a Union press release. Shafeek Anderson, a Union Steward at the Sheraton, said: “When we said we were fighting for ($30 per) hour at the beginning of this campaign, a lot of people told us we were asking for the impossible. With this victory, we have shown the whole industry that nothing is impossible when Workers stick together.”

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