When the pandemic shut down the Sheraton Columbia last year, the 80 union members working there were thrown out of work. The property is now set to reopen in August as The Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel, but the UNITE HERE Local 7 members who worked at the Sheraton Columbia – mostly immigrant workers and people of color -- will have to reapply for their old jobs with no guarantee that they will be rehired. “There is an immediate action that you can take to support the workers,” writes Glen Middleton Sr, Interim President at the Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO. “Please use this support letter template to urge Aimbridge Hospitality and Costello Construction and ask them to rehire the laid off workers when the Merriweather Lakehouse Hotel reopens.” Email your letter to [email protected] & [email protected]. “Their future, and with it the economic health of our community, depends on them being able to return to work as soon as possible,” Middleton added.
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