Houston Mayor John Whitmire has “indefinitely” postponed his "State of the City" address that was scheduled for later this month as Hilton Americas-Houston workers are in the second week of their strike.
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Whitmire's address was originally scheduled to he held at the Hilton Americas-Houston on Sept. 25. He said Thursday it's been postponed "indefinitely" as workers at the downtown hotel are in their second week of a strike.
Hundreds of striking hotel workers at the Hilton Americas-Houston will remain on the picket line through Sept. 20, union officials announced Tuesday, marking a ten-day extension of a "historic" strike.
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The union’s collective bargaining contract with the hotel expired on June 30, and the strike began on Sept. 1 with an original end date of Tuesday. According to organizers, this is the first hospitality workers' strike of its kind in modern Texas history.
Hundreds of hotel staff at the Hilton Americas-Houston continued their strike on Tuesday in demand of higher wages.
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According to data from the Houston First Corporation, Houston hotels experienced a 7.7% increase in occupancy and a 15.5% increase in revenue in 2024. However, as of July 2025, Houston’s hotel revenue was down 28.9% so far this year.
Picket-line bij aandeelhoudersvergadering Airbus
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, dinsdag 15 april om 12:30 CEST
Planet and peace over profit and power!
Wapenbedrijf Airbus maakt gevechtsvliegtuigen, drones, militaire helikopters en militaire communicatie-technologie. De inkomsten van Airbus Defence and Space groeiden in 2024 met 5% tot € 12.1 miljard. Daarmee is Airbus het grootste wapenbedrijf in de Europese Unie. Airbus exporteert over de hele wereld, ook naar landen in oorlog en naar mensenrechtenschenders.
De totale omzet van Airbus in 2024 was €69,2 miljard. Het bedrijf zegt hard te werken aan ‘duurzame luchtvaart’. Alsof luchtvaart, en vooral militaire luchtvaart, ooit duurzaam is.
Airbus staat in de top 10 van bedrijven die Lobbyen bij de Europese Commissie voor meer subsidie aan wapenbedrijven en minder regels voor de luchtvaart.
De aandeelhouders van Airbus vergaderen op 15 april in het Okura-hotel in Amsterdam, Ferdinand Bolstraat. We gaan ze opwachten met een picket-line!
Van 12.30 uur tot 13.30 uur staan we met spandoeken, toeters en bellen om te laten horen dat wapenhandel en wapenindustrie gevaarlijk en vervuilend is.
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Our rights at work are not, and have never been, just handed to us. They've been hard fought and won through collective industrial #directaction and on the #picketline.
#Solidarity with rail and #transportworkers keep fit & exercise your right to strike 💪🏽
Sydney train industrial action resumes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/sydney-trains-industrial-action-to-resume-january-15-unions/104790046
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