Philadelphia Sheraton hotel workers threaten to strike during World Cup

Sheraton employees walked off the job for the first time in the hotel’s history last October and held a four-day strike fighting for an increase in wages and benefits and staffing and scheduling levels that align with other unionized hotels.

UNITE HERE Local 274 represents roughly 4,000 hotel, food service, and gaming workers in Philadelphia with close to 150 members working at the Center City Sheraton hotel as of October 2025. The union is fighting for a four-year deal that’s retroactive to the previous contract’s expiration.

As part of a May Day action on Friday, thousands of workers and union members from across the region marched through Center City and stopped at the Sheraton to support workers who were picketing the hotel.

“These workers have sent a powerful message that they are willing to stand up and fight for themselves and their families,” Rosslyn Wuchinich, President of UNITE HERE Local 274, said in a statement in October. “This is just the beginning. Center City hotel workers know what they are worth and they will not stop fighting until they get it.”


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