World Cup Sets Stage for Airbnb Backlash
Millions of visitors expected in Massachusetts next year are prompting officials to try and close loopholes turning residences into mini-hotels.
Millions of visitors expected in Massachusetts next year are prompting officials to try and close loopholes turning residences into mini-hotels.
If Greater Boston’s hotel owners don’t match their demands by Friday, the unions representing around 4,000 of their workers say they will stage an indefinite, “all-out strike.”
The union representing many of Boston’s hotel workers announced that employees are walking off the job at four new hotels in the city amid an ongoing dispute with ownership about working conditions and pay.
“Unless something shifts, I think there will be a significant disruption in the hospitality industry over the fall,” a top union leader says.
Two leading Democrats criticized Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan Tuesday with one calling it “too soon” and the other saying aspects left him uncomfortable.