Adopted, As Amended by the
Board of Education
at its Regular Meeting of
September 25, 2001
Subject: Resolution No. 19-11A5
IN SUPPORT OF THE LOCAL 2
[HOTEL EMPLOYEES AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION] BOYCOTT OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO MARRIOTT HOTEL AND REQUESTING THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION TO MAKE ALTERNATIVE ARRANGMENTS FOR ITS MEETINGS, EVENTS AND
LODGING OF ITS DECEMBER 2002 ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE
- Commissioners Eric Mar and
Jill Wynns
WHEREAS: The California School Boards Association [CSBA] has selected the
San Francisco “Moscone Center”
Marriott Hotel as its convention headquarters hotel for its Annual Education
Conference and Delegate Assembly to be held in San Francisco in December 2002;
and
WHEREAS: The San Francisco “Moscone Center” Marriott Hotel had agreed it would not interfere with workers’
rights to unionize when it was given permission by the City of San Francisco to
build on its land in 1980; and
WHEREAS: Local 2, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International
Union (Local 2), represents 925
workers at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel; and
WHEREAS: Since 1996, Local 2 was selected by a majority of Marriott
employees to represent them, over 120 negotiating sessions have been held and
still there is no labor agreement in place; and
WHEREAS: In September 2000, Local 2 called for a boycott of the San
Francisco “Moscone Center” Marriott Hotel, and the boycott is supported by many
local community, religious and labor organizations, United Educators of San
Francisco, Service Employees International Union Local 790, Mayor Willie Brown,
Board of Supervisors President Tom Ammiano, and nationwide civil rights and
labor leaders such as the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Dolores Huerta;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the San Francisco Unified School District requests that the
California School Board Association make alternative arrangements for its
meetings, events and lodging that are currently scheduled for the San Francisco
“Moscone Center” Marriott Hotel for its Annual Education Conference and
Delegate Assembly to be held in December 2002; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the San Francisco Unified School District supports the
boycott of the San Francisco “Moscone Center” Marriott Hotel, and will strongly
urge CSBA delegates and Annual Education conference attendees not to attend
meetings inside the San Francisco Marriott Hotel until the Marriott workers
have achieved a fair contract.
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED: That the San Francisco Unified School District will not
sponsor or participate in any conferences
or meetings at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel until the Marriott workers have
achieved a fair contract.
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