Hotel employees picket, call for better workloads outside Hilton Chicago/Magnificent Mile Suites

CHICAGO (WLS) — Housekeepers have been protesting for better workloads at a North Side hotel.

Dozens of room attendants and their supporters picketed outside the Hilton Chicago/Magnificent Mile Suites Hotel in Chicago’s downtown Streeterville neighborhood.

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They said new management at the hotel has increased their workload and reduced their sick days and holidays.

ABC7 reached out to the hotel for a response, but have not yet heard back.

Workers at Hilton Suites voted in May to join Unite Here Local One, which represents about 16,000 hospitality workers in the Chicago area.