Brian Lair on WNYC.

So how did you celebrate Labor Day?

Well, thousands of hotel workers in nine cities around the country, including Greenwich, Connecticut locally,

went on strike Sunday and Monday. The workers are part of the Unite Here Union, protesting pay,

and working conditions. We've talked about the history of labor unions and employment on the show

this week in our 100-year series. Now let's talk about some current issues at hotels,

plus we'll touch on potential strikes at Boeing and at East and West Coast ports.

We're joined for this by Chris Isidore, senior writer at CNN Business.

Chris, thanks for doing this.

Welcome to WNYC.

Thanks for having me.

Starting with the Labor Day strikes at hotels, what was the scope of the strike?

I said nine cities, like how many workers, how many hotels?

It was, reached 25 hotels and it reached, hotels had a little over 23,000 rooms in them.

So, um, since it was a very busy, um, holiday weekend, uh, for travel, a record number of people

being screened by TSA at airports and 9% increase in domestic travel, according to AAA.

You know, there were a lot of people having to deal with less services at the hotels, loud picket's lines out front.

All the hotels stayed open, but it probably wasn't the most pleasant place to be staying at any of them.

Interesting. Now, listeners, if you are one of the hotel workers in Greenwich or anywhere else who took part in this job action,

we would love to hear from you, 212-433, WNYC, but also anyone who now works or has previously

worked at any hotel here in New York City or anywhere else. What's the lifestyle like working for,

you know, other people who are on their Labor Day weekend vacations or on business trips or

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