Putting students in the position of having to violate a boycott is detrimental to the overall experience of the students and runs contrary to the purpose of WorldStrides. Furthermore, WorldStrides as an educational organization has a responsibility to the students placed under its care to provide a positive example. Crossing picket lines and disregarding the rights of the hotel workers who serve WorldStrides teaches students all the wrong lessons about social responsibility.
The Sheraton Crystal City has also failed to comply with the workers’ demands for a fair and democratic process to decide on whether to form a union, and the Hilton Crystal City has refused to negotiate a new fair and just labor contract, which has left Hilton Crystal City workers with a woefully inadequate salary and benefit plan for over three years.
These hotels are facing worker-called boycotts due to alleged violations of the workers’ rights, supply shortages, reduced hours with increased workloads, and the outsourcing of their jobs.
My name is Hayden Smith and I’m an eleventh grade student at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. As a student who appreciates the value of educational travel, I support WorldStrides’ mission of providing students like myself with the opportunity to learn through experience. However, I was disappointed when I heard WorldStrides chooses to use two hotels currently under boycott in the Washington, D.C. area, the Sheraton Crystal City and Hilton Crystal City.
Putting students in the position of having to violate a boycott is detrimental to the overall experience of the students and runs contrary to the purpose of WorldStrides. Furthermore, WorldStrides as an educational organization has a responsibility to the students placed under its care to provide a positive example. Crossing picket lines and disregarding the rights of the hotel workers who serve WorldStrides teaches students all the wrong lessons about social responsibility.
lithium225 1 year ago
The Sheraton Crystal City has also failed to comply with the workers’ demands for a fair and democratic process to decide on whether to form a union, and the Hilton Crystal City has refused to negotiate a new fair and just labor contract, which has left Hilton Crystal City workers with a woefully inadequate salary and benefit plan for over three years.
lithium225 1 year ago
These hotels are facing worker-called boycotts due to alleged violations of the workers’ rights, supply shortages, reduced hours with increased workloads, and the outsourcing of their jobs.
lithium225 1 year ago
My name is Hayden Smith and I’m an eleventh grade student at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia. As a student who appreciates the value of educational travel, I support WorldStrides’ mission of providing students like myself with the opportunity to learn through experience. However, I was disappointed when I heard WorldStrides chooses to use two hotels currently under boycott in the Washington, D.C. area, the Sheraton Crystal City and Hilton Crystal City.
lithium225 1 year ago