Posts tagged Graduate by Hilton
Sundance moves HQ amid hotel labor dispute
October 23, 2026 // Unite Here, the union backing the workers, wants Sundance to use its clout to help settle the dispute before the festival. "We don't want anyone to show up and be surprised," hotel houseman Ray Guadalupe said in a statement. "We believe people coming to Sundance want to do the right thing. Will Sundance cross our picket line?" In a subsequent statement, union representative Allyssa Pollard said Sundance has a responsibility to support workers in its new hometown, including by pressing the hotel's ownership.
Workers at Berkeley’s Graduate by Hilton hotel push to unionize
July 22, 2026 // “UC Berkeley makes up a huge amount of its business, whether directly or indirectly,” she said. “The trends here really are very different than the rest of the industry.” Trevor Jackson, co-chair of the UC Berkeley Faculty Association, said he was invited to join the protest. He said he knows the university does a lot of business with the hotel and he wanted to support its workers. “I’m a professor of history and I will tell you history is on your side,” Jackson told picketers. “We got your back.” Maricela Castro told the group through a Spanish translator she has worked at the hotel for 30 years. She said she’s a room attendant who makes $23 an hour and feels like she does the work of two people.