There is a growing global consensus that nobody should experience sexual violence at work. We have been at the heart of efforts to secure a new, binding standard on gender-based violence at the International Labour Organisation. And as part of that campaign, we’re calling on Marriott to negotiate a global accord that will protect its workers from abuse. Why won’t Marriott meet us at the table?

De plus en plus, le monde entier s’accorde sur le fait que personne ne devrait être victime de violence sexuelle sur son lieu de travail. Au sein de l’Organisation internationale du travail, nous sommes au centre des efforts pour définir une nouvelle norme contraignante sur la violence basée sur le genre. Et dans le cadre de cette campagne, nous appelons Marriott à négocier un accord mondial qui protégera ses travailleurs contre les traitements abusifs. Pourquoi Marriott ne souhaite pas s’asseoir et négocier avec nous ?

Existe un creciente consenso global que nadie debe sufrir violencia sexual en el trabajo. Hemos estado al centro de los esfuerzos para asegurar un nuevo y comprometedor estándar en cuanto a violencia basada en sexo en la Organización Laboral Internacional. Y como parte de esa campaña le estamos pidiendo a Marriott que negocie un acuerdo global que protegerá de abusos a sus trabajadores. ¿Por qué no quiere Marriott reunirse con nosotros?

As Marriott continues its expansion across Africa, IUF affiliates from across the continent – including Unions from Bénin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Malawi, Mali, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia – are coordinating around important issues like sexual harassment, organizing, and collective bargaining.

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation claimed that Marriott was a human rights champion when it sought to invest tens of millions of dollars in a new Marriott hotel in Bangladesh. We insist that the loan should not go forward without real commitments to workers’ rights.

La Société financière internationale de la Banque mondiale a affirmé que Marriott était un grand défenseur des droits humains lorsqu’il cherchait à investir des dizaines de millions de dollars dans un nouvel hôtel Marriott au Bangladesh. Nous continuons de demander que ce prêt ne soit pas accordé sans véritables engagements en faveur des droits des travailleurs.

La Corporación Financiera Internacional del Banco Mundial (IFC) afirmó que Marriott era un campeón de derechos humas cuando quiso invertir decenas de millones de dólares en un nuevo hotel Marriott en Bangladesh. Nosotros insistimos que el préstamo no debe hacerse sin un verdadero compromiso en cuanto a los derechos de los trabajadores.

Every Marriott worker deserves a future where one job is enough. UNITE HERE, the Marriott workers’ union in North America, is fighting for fair contracts and organizing more Marriott workers in new hotels.

In 2018, thousands went on strike at Marriott hotels across the U.S. – and won middle-class wages, affordable health care, and safer workloads. In 2019, workers at Marriott’s Westin Bayshore Vancouver, as well as other hotels in the city, went on strike and secured raises, respect, and a real future in the hotel industry. Now, workers at Marriott’s St. Regis Toronto are fighting for the same promise of jobs that are enough to support a family.

Since the strike, more than 1,000 Marriott workers have voted to join UNITE HERE, the Marriott workers’ union.

IUF welcomes the following hotels into our federation:

• Baltimore Marriott Waterfront
• Irvine Marriott
• San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront
• Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

It’s supposed to mean something when you vote, whether your boss likes the result or not. Marriott workers at these hotels voted yes for the union – now it’s time for Marriott to honor its word and settle fair contracts.

As Marriott continues its expansion in the Caribbean, IUF affiliates from across the region – including Unions from the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, and Jamaica – met to coordinate their organizing, bargaining, and strategizing to ensure that Marriott hotel workers in the region move forward.

Unions from Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are working together with their global union federation, IUF, to build power for hotel workers throughout the East Africa region.

Les syndicats d’Ouganda, de Tanzanie et du Kenya travaillent ensemble avec leur fédération syndicale mondiale, l’UITA, pour renforcer le pouvoir d’action des travailleurs de l’hôtellerie dans toute l’Afrique de l’Est.

Uniones de Uganda, Kenya y Tanzania están trabajando junto con su federación global de Uniones, IUF, para crear poder para los trabajadores de hoteles en toda la región del Este de Africa.