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The
Clarion Hotel probably didn't expect this when they signed on to
be the site of a Union contract bargaining event. As it turned out,
a Vigil for a Contract that started in a tent across the street
from the hotel at 2 p.m. June 11th lasted until 6 a.m. the next
day. All through the night, janitors finished their work shifts
and came to participate in the vigil. At 3 a.m. on June 12, members
of Local 1877's bargaining committee left the Clarion to advise
those holding the vigil that there was no hope of a contract settlement.
The vigil lasted until 6 a.m., when members of the Labor, legislative
and religious communities shared breakfast with the janitors. Given
lack of progress in reaching agreement, a strike vote is the next
option.
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