In a strategic move to secure higher pay for workers at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, their labor union is threatening to strike during next week's Comic-Con if it can't reach an agreement with the hotel on a new contract.
With a strike authorization vote looming Friday, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and two City Council members joined a union-led rally Wednesday, urging the hotel ownership to deliver a fair contract for the hundreds of housekeepers, servers, dishwashers and front desk agents staffing the 1,190-room convention hotel.
"These folks are working so hard, the work is back-breaking work," said Gloria, noting that his mother many years ago cleaned hotel rooms for a living in San Diego. "And let's not forget where we were just a few years ago when these people were doing essential work.
