Labor Day Marchers Look To Unionize Fisherman's Wharf Hotel

Hundreds of union supporters celebrated Labor Day by marching from San Francisco's Pier 39 to the Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf, a non-union hotel that labor officials say is one of the last hold-outs in a city filled with organized hotels. Carrying signs reading "Sleep With the Right People" and chanting "No checking in - check out!" the union supporters worked their way slowly through Fisherman's Wharf, stopping at other hotels to make their presence known, including Pier 2620, where union officials said contract negotiations in recent months have slowed. Unite-HERE Local 2 has also called for a boycott of the non-union Le Meridien San Francisco, which are both owned by Chesapeake Lodging Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Annapolis, MD. At the Fisherman's Wharf Hyatt, the demonstrators chanted in front of the entrance behind a row of police bicycles, blocking the garage where guest were waiting to exit for about 20 minutes.