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October 18, 2010

Hundreds of Hilton Hotel Workers Go on Strike
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In other labor news, hundreds of workers at Hilton hotels in Chicago,
San Francisco and Honolulu have gone on strike. Union leaders from UNITE
HERE have accused the hotel’s owner, the private equity firm Blackstone
Group, of trying to "lock workers into cheap recession contracts."



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