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After almost four years of trying to negotiate a new union contract, workers at the Claremont Resort and Spa voted Wednesday to go on strike if an agreement is not reached by June 1. According to the union, 94 percent of the workers voted in favor of walking out. 

In a public demonstration of the vote, more than 200 workers, community members, elected officials and other union representatives rallied at the hotel Thursday afternoon and then marched down Ashby Avenue to Claremont Avenue to the cheers and honks of passing motorists. 

“It depends on management, they have until June 1,” said Evelyn Sanchez, an organizer with the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy, which helped organize the strike vote. “I’m sure they understand the repercussions of a strike economically; if they choose to do nothing, that’s on them.” 

The union did not say whether June 1 will be the official start of the strike if an agreement is not reached. 

—Jakob Schiller 

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