Sign up for the Child & Elder Care Plan!
The Local 2 Child & Elder Care Plan provides reimbursement for childcare and youth programs, college admissions assistance, care for elderly relatives, and more. In-person applications start tomorrow!
The Local 2 Child & Elder Care Plan provides reimbursement for childcare and youth programs, college admissions assistance, care for elderly relatives, and more. In-person applications start tomorrow!
Lilibeth Bonifacio (415) 864-8770 ext. 748
Priscilla Paras-Huerta (415) 864-8770 ext. 714
Josephine Rivera
Jose Soto (415) 864-8770 ext. 804
Kathy Hu (415) 864-8770 ext. 768
Jesse Johnson (415) 864-8770 ext. 758
Caitlin Clift
Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 ext. 736
2025 Local 2 Membership Meeting Schedule:
1 Hotel: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
AC Hotel by Marriott Oakland: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
AC Hotel by Marriott Santa Rosa: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Aloft Newark: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Aloft SFO: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Alton: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Americania: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Beacon Grand: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
BEI Hotel: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Canopy: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Carriage Inn: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Cartwright: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Caza: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Chancellor: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Clancy: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Claremont: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Clift: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
Comfort Inn: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Concord Plaza: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Courtyard Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Courtyard Marriott Oakland: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Crowne Plaza Burlingame (no housekeeping): Satchel Forrester (415) 864-8770 Ext. 755
DoubleTree by Hilton Berkeley Marina and Executive Meeting Center: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Enso: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Fairmont: Satchel Forrester (415) 864-8770 Ext. 755
Fairmont Heritage Fisherman’s Wharf: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Four Seasons San Francisco: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Four Seasons Embarcadero: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Good Hotel: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Grand Bay: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Grand Hyatt Union Square: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
Grand Hyatt SFO: Satchel Forrester (415) 864-8770 Ext. 755
Grosvenor Hotel: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Hampton Inn: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Handlery: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Hilton Financial District: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
Hilton Garden Inn: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Hilton Union Square: Nicole Huang (415) 864-8770 Ext. 730
Holiday Inn Express Fisherman’s Wharf: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Holiday Inn Express SFO: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Holiday Inn Golden Gateway: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Holiday Inn Walnut Creek: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Homewood Suites: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Hotel G: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Hotel Via: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Huntington: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Hyatt House Emeryville: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Hyatt Place Emeryville: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Hyatt Place San Francisco / Downtown: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Hyatt Regency SFO: Satchel Forrester (415) 864-8770 Ext. 755
Hyatt Regency SOMA: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Intercontinental: Rafael Leiva (415) 864-8770 Ext. 725
Kabuki: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Kensington Park: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Kissel: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Laurel Inn: Nicole Huang (415) 864-8770 Ext. 730
Lighthouse Hotel: Satchel Forrester (415) 864-8770 Ext. 755
Luma Hotel: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Mark Hopkins: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Marriott Marquis: Ariel Zbeda (415) 864-8770 Ext. 802
Marriott Oakland City Center: Paola Chacon (415) 864-8770 Ext. 736
Marriott Waterfront SFO: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Marriott Union Square: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Marriott Vacation Club Pulse: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Moxy Oakland Downtown: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Omni: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Palace: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Parc 55: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Pickwick: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
Residence Inn Berkeley: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay: Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Riu Plaza: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Royal Pacific Motor Inn: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Seal Rock Inn: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Sheraton Petaluma: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
SOMA Hotel: Xitlali Sanchez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 761
Spero: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
St. Regis: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Stanford Court: Reuben Perez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 709
Timbri (former The Line Hotel): Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Travelodge by the Bay: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Union Square Hotel: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Virgin: Ted Waechter (415) 864-8770 Ext. 778
W Hotel: Blanca Hernandez (415) 864-8770 Ext. 713
Westin SFO (no housekeeping): Ankush Ganapathy (415) 597-6395
Westin St. Francis: Rafael Leiva (415) 864-8770 Ext. 725
Wharf Inn: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Whitcomb: Archie Sagum (415) 864-8770 Ext. 751
Zephyr: Jose Lee (415) 864-8770 Ext. 705
Read this op-ed by Local 2 leader Marty Bennett in the Sonoma Press-Democrat or text below.
The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented assault on federal workers, their unions, and the entire American labor movement. According to Randy Irwin, President of the National Federation of Federal Employees, “This is the biggest attack on collective bargaining rights in the history of our country.” If not halted, the administration’s actions threaten essential federal programs and public services and will undermine fundamental labor rights for all workers.
The war against federal workers and their unions has proceeded on multiple fronts during Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
First, Trump and tech multibillionaire Elon Musk, who directed the Department of Government Efficiency and refers to federal workers as a “parasitic class,” have terminated tens of thousands of probationary government employees. The New York Times reports that nearly 280,000 federal workers have been fired, taken buyouts, or seen their jobs slated for elimination.
Federal courts have ordered the reinstatement of many federal employees, finding that the mass firings violated civil service protocols and other federal employment protections. Simultaneously, lawsuits against the mass firings filed by state attorneys general and federal worker unions are moving forward in the courts. The Supreme Court will rule on these cases.
Second, in a sweeping March 27 Executive Order, Trump withdrew recognition from unions representing 1 million federal employees, citing national security concerns.
Although the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 granted federal workers the right to organize and bargain collectively, the law allows the President to exempt certain workers from national security agencies, such as the FBI and CIA.
However, workers in agencies unrelated to national security, such as Food Safety and Inspection, Environmental Protection, and Health and Human Services, are now excluded from union representation and collective bargaining.
Third, the Trump administration unilaterally voided a contract negotiated by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) representing 47,000 Transportation Security Officers at the nation’s airports. Moreover, the Trump administration seeks to rescind the collective bargaining agreements covering hundreds of thousands of federal employees exempted by his March 27 Executive Order.
Federal worker unions have now filed a lawsuit claiming retaliation for opposing the mass lay-offs and attacks on their members. The lawsuit also claims the administration too broadly applied the national security exemption to federal agencies.
Many historians and labor leaders are now characterizing the Trump administration’s assault on federal workers as labor’s Pearl Harbor. History provides clues to what will occur next.
The federal government is the nation’s largest employer, and labor relations in the public sector shape those in the private sector. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan fired and permanently replaced 12,000 striking air traffic controllers, inspiring a sustained anti-union offensive by private sector employers who in the 1980s broke high-profile strikes in meatpacking, mining, and newspapers. Subsequently, the number of strikes dropped to a post-war low, and union membership fell dramatically.
By discharging tens of thousands of federal workers, withdrawing union recognition, and attempting to revoke legally signed contracts, Trump has gone far beyond Reagan. This is despite the fact that 70 percent of Americans approve of unions, the highest level recorded by Gallup polling since 1965.
The worst is yet to come.
Ultimately, Trump, many of the nation’s largest corporations, and the extremist Republican Party want to overturn the National Labor Relations Act, or labor’s Magna Carta, passed in the 1930s, which ensured First Amendment freedom of association protections for most workers who organize and seek to bargain collectively.
The Trump administration understands that unions are obstacles to even higher profits for the billionaires and that unions can potentially mobilize 14 million members to oppose the emerging fascist state.
Much is at stake for the public: food and airline safety; protection for air and water quality; medical research for infectious diseases; access to national parks and to quality health care for veterans; federal emergency relief for storms, floods, and fires; and postal services are all threatened by Trump’s assault on federal workers.
Labor, in turn, needs public support. Only by building alliances with faith, civil rights, environmental, veteran, and other organizations opposing fascism; aggressively mobilizing union members to demonstrate in the streets nonviolently; and engaging members to take back the House in 2026 can labor survive this historic crisis.
Martin J. Bennett is Instructor Emeritus of History at Santa Rosa Junior College and a consultant for UNITE HERE Local 2.
Do you have children? Do you have elderly relatives nearby? Do you have a college-bound high school student? Most hotels in San Francisco with Local 2 workers make contributions to the Local 2 Child & Elder Care Plan. Take advantage of these great benefits that help reimburse the following:
Call us at 415.864.0506 and leave a message with your name and phone.
你是否有子女? 你是否有年长亲人?你是否有准备升大学的高中生子女? 旧金山大多数拥有 Local 2 员工的酒店都会向 Local 2 儿童和长者护理计划捐款. 您可以用这些庞大的福利来帮助偿还以下费用:
请拨打 415.864.0506 联系我们并留下您的姓名和电话.
¿Tiene usted hijos? ¿Tiene usted familiares mayores cercanos? ¿Tiene usted un hijo actualmente en la preparatoria destinado a la universidad? La mayoría de los hoteles en San Francisco con trabajadores de Local 2 hacen contribuciones al Plan de Cuidado de Niños y Ancianos Local 2. Aproveche estos grandes beneficios que ayudan a reembolsar lo siguiente:
Llámenos al 415.864.0506 y deje un mensaje con su nombre y teléfono.
LOCAL 2 ENDORSEMENTS IN CITY OF OAKLAND SPECIAL ELECTION:
Join Local 2 to Get Out the Vote for our endorsed candidates on Saturday, March 22 at 9am at 7750 Pardee Ln Ste 110, Oakland, CA 94621
Clipper START is a FREE discount program that provides 50% off single-ride bus, BART, rail and ferry transit fares to eligible Bay Area residents ages 19-64.
Once approved for the START program, riders will receive a Clipper START card that will automatically apply the agency’s discount fare on use—just load value, tap and go!
For more information about the program, qualifications and available discounts, go to clipperstartcard.com.
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Clipper START es un programa de descuento GRATUITO que ofrece un 50% de descuento en las tarifas de viaje único en autobús, BART, tren y ferry a los residentes del Área de la Bahía de 19 a 64 años que cumplan los requisitos.
Una vez aprobados para el programa START, los usuarios recibirán una tarjeta Clipper START que aplicará automáticamente la tarifa de descuento de cada agencia al utilizarla. Simplemente cargue un monto, toque y listo.
Para más información sobre el programa, los requisitos y los descuentos disponibles, visite clipperstartcard.com.
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Clipper START 是一項免費折扣計劃,為合資格的 19-64 歲灣區居民提供巴士、BART、鐵路和渡輪的單程票價半價優惠。
乘客一旦獲批准加入 START 計劃,將收到一張 Clipper START 卡。該卡在使用時會自動收取各交通機構的折扣票價 — 只需充值、拍卡,即可出發!
有關該計劃的詳情、資格和可提供的折扣,請訪問 clipperstartcard.com。
San Francisco Hotel Strikes Conclude as Hilton Workers Vote 99.4% to Ratify New Contract
Union Says New Standard Has Been Set for SF Hotel Workers
After 93 days on strike, Hilton hotel workers with the UNITE HERE Local 2 union in San Francisco have voted by 99.4% to approve a new union contract with affordable health care, big raises, and new workload protections.
The Hilton ratification settles the last of the city’s 2024 hotel strikes, but the union cautions that more strikes are possible in 2025. The new contract is now in place at hotels operated by Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott. The union says it will demand that San Francisco’s other full-service hotels also accept this standard.
The deal includes:
“These 93 days have not been easy, and I’m so proud that my coworkers and I never gave up,” said Bill Fung, a housekeeping attendant at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square for 29 years. “We stood together through the rain and cold, and even though there were some hard days, it was all worth it. We will go back to work with our health care, good raises, and the confidence of knowing that when we fight, we win.”
“San Francisco hotel workers are unbreakable,” said Lizzy Tapia, President of UNITE HERE Local 2. “Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott workers refused to give up their health care or go backwards – and we proved on the picket line that we’re not afraid of a tough fight. As contract talks begin with the city’s other full-service hotels in the new year, they should know that this is the new standard they must accept for their own employees.”
The strike in San Francisco began on Sept. 22 and grew to include 2,500 workers at hotels accounting for 27.5% of the city’s hotel rooms. The new contract at Hilton covers approx. 900 workers, including 650 who had been on strike at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square and 250 who had been prepared to strike at Hilton’s Parc 55 hotel.
Over 10,000 hotel workers have gone on strike in eleven cities across the U.S. since Labor Day of 2024. The San Francisco strikes are the last to conclude.
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SAN FRANCISCO – EAST BAY – NORTH BAY – SAN MATEO
Mayor: #1 Aaron Peskin
Board of Supervisors District 1: Connie Chan
Board of Supervisors District 3: #1 Moe Jamil / #2 Sharon Lai
Board of Supervisors District 5: Dean Preston
Board of Supervisors District 7: Myrna Melgar
Board of Supervisors District 9: #1 Jackie Fielder / #2 Roberto Hernandez / #3 Stephen Torres
Board of Supervisors District 11: #1 Chyanne Chen / #2 EJ Jones
City Attorney: David Chiu
Treasurer: Jose Cisneros
City College Board: Alan Wong
BART Board District 9: Edward Wright
State Senate District 11: Scott Weiner
Assembly District 17: Matt Haney
Assembly District 19: Catherine Stefani
California Federation of Labor endorsements: https://calaborfed.org/endorsements/2024-endorsements/
San Francisco Labor Council endorsements: https://www.sflaborcouncil.org/news-details/webview/our-endorsements/single/9251
Alameda County
Board of Supervisors, District 5: Nikki Fortunato Bas
Oakland
Mayoral recall: No
City Council District 1: Zac Unger
City Council District 3: Carroll Fife
City Council District 5: Noel Gallo
City Council At-Large: #1 Rowena Brown / #2 Charlene Wang
City Attorney: Ryan Richardson
Berkeley
Mayor: Kate Harrison
City Council District 5: Shoshana O’Keefe
City Council District 6: Andy Katz
Measure BB: Yes
Measure CC: No
San Leandro
City Council District 1: Sbeydeh Viveros-Walton
City Council District 2: Bryan Azevedo
City Council District 4: Fred Simon
City Council District 6: Dylan Boldt
Emeryville
City Council (3 seats): Courtney Welch, Sukhdeep Kaur, Sam Gould
Richmond
City Council District 1: Melvin Willis
City Council District 5: Sue Wilson
City Council District 6: Claudia Jimenez
State Senate
District 7: Jesse Arreguin and Jovanka Beckles (dual endorsement)
California Federation of Labor endorsements: https://calaborfed.org/endorsements/2024-endorsements/
Alameda County Labor Council endorsements: https://alamedalabor.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024_General_Election_Endorsements_1.pdf
Contra Costa County Labor Council endorsements: https://www.cclabor.net/2024
Santa Rosa
City Council District 1: Eddie Alvarez
City Council District 5: Caroline Bañuelos
City Council District 7: Natalie Rogers
Rohnert Park
City Council District 4: Jackie Elward
Petaluma
City Council District 5: Blake Hooper
City Council District 6: Brian Barnacle and Mike Healy (dual endorsement)
State Assembly
District 2: Chris Rogers
California Federation of Labor endorsements: https://calaborfed.org/endorsements/2024-endorsements/
North Bay Labor Council endorsements: https://www.nbclc.org/about-5
South San Francisco
City Council District 2: Mark Nagales
City Council District 4: James Coleman
City of San Mateo
City Council District 2: Nicole Fernandez
State Senate
District 11: Scott Weiner
State Assembly
District 19: Catherine Stefani
California Federation of Labor endorsements: https://calaborfed.org/endorsements/2024-endorsements/
San Mateo County Labor Council endorsements: https://www.sanmateolaborcouncil.org/endorsements