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V O L U M E 5 | ISSUE 2
JUNE 1, 2026
To welcome attendees to Alamo City for the WEC, Visit San Antonio and MPI placed a billboard on the highway leading from the airport to downtown. The WEC is being held from June 2 –4. Credit: Visit San Antonio
Philadelphia Hotel Workers Set Deadline for Strike By Jordan Bradley
The Philadelphia hotel union has issued a strike deadline of June 12 in an effort to move contract negotiations along at six hotels ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and America 250 festivities. Unite Here Local 274 is warning guests and hotel representatives that “labor disputes are possible at any time” at the Hilton Garden Inn Center City, the Sheraton Downtown Philadelphia, the Warwick Hotel Rittenhouse Square, the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District, the Hilton Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing, and the Four Points by Sheraton Philadelphia Northeast hotels. Local 274—which represents more than 4,000 hotel and hospitality workers across the city’s stadiums, hotels, and airports—is seeking an increase in worker wa g e s f ro m $ 1 9 to $ 3 0 ove r the life of the next contract for non-tipped workers, workload reductions, increases in pensions,
affordable family healthcare, pro- sacrifice for themselves and for all tections for immigrant workers, and working people to have a living wage protections against sexual harass- in our city,” Wuchinich said at the ment by guests. rally, according to WHYY. According to the union’s website, “We want this summer to be labor disputes “can include picketing one for the history books. But outside a workplace or its success will not a strike. During a strike, be on the backs of “Our members are regular employees will workers,” said prepared to sacrifice hotel not be there to scrub Maciah Magloughlin, for themselves and a restaurant servthe toilets, change the sheets, cook the food, er at the Wyndham for all working or take out the trash. Philadelphia Historic people to have a Picket lines, which inDistrict. volve chanting, loud living wage in our Throughout the drumming, and other last year, the union city,” Wuchinich said noise, may persist for has been in negotiat the rally, according ations with several 24 hours per day.” At a May 20 rally Center City hotels to WHYY. held outside the Philover the last year and adelphia World Cup host committee has held multiple strikes, including headquarters, Local 274 President at the Hampton Inn Center city, the Rosslyn Wuchinich said union mem- Sonesta Rittenhouse Square, and the bers are prepared to strike at the six Sheraton University City. Ultimately, remaining hotels through the Fourth the union and hotels agreed to raisof July if contract terms aren’t agreed ing non-tipped workers’ wages to to by the deadline, according to local $30 an hour by January 2028, Local news outlet WHYY. 274 said. The increase will mark a “Our members are prepared to 57% raise.
Inside
Page 3 U.S. Travel’s IPW 2026 Welcomes the World Page 6 Tammy Canavan Knows the Power of Community Page 7 ASAE Announces Exceptional Leadership Honorees for 2026 Page 7 New Orleans’ Convention Center Honors Morial Award Winners Page 8 Mitch Whitten Tapped to Lead Visit Fort Worth Page 9 Conversation with Tyler Orwig, Chief Sales Officer, Visit San Antonio Page 12 Cleo Battle to Be Celebrated at MPI’s President’s Dinner