Strike Triggers
This major event triggered the Marriott Strike
What is the expiration of their contract?
Under U.S. labor law, workers have the right to engage in this type of group action
Union members can bring this person with them to disciplinary or investigatory meetings
What is a shop steward?
Workers feared that AI tools like kiosks and chatbots would reduce their number of
What are hours or jobs?
A strike cannot be punished because it is considered a kind of activity
What is protected concerted activity?
Workers rallied behind this slogan, saying that wages were too low to survive on.
What is "One Job Should be Enough"?
This federal act protects employees against retaliation for striking
What is the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)?
This formal process allows workers to challenge unfair discipline or contract violations
What is the grievance process?
Marriott failed to provide training or skill development when implementing AI, leading to fears of
What is technological displacement?
Marriott had to avoid retaliation because striking workers were protected by this federal law
What is the NLRA?
Workers striking across eight U.S. cities walked off because of these three major demands
What are better wages, safer working conditions, and stronger harassment protections?
Employers must avoid this type of language during organizing drives-anything coercive threatening or retaliatory
What are unfair labor practices
Under FLRA regulations, employees may appeal discipline through a multi-step process
What is arbitration?
This type of scheduling system uses AI to match labor supply with demand, often leaving staff with unstable hours
What is predictive scheduling?
This agency oversees unfair labor practice claims
What is the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?
Striking workers argued that these rules failed to protect them
What are Marriott's outdated and ineffective HR policies?
What is the single most important HR action Marriott could have taken to prevent the 2025 strike
What is engaging proactively in contract negotiations, communicating with the union early, and addressing worker concerns about wages, harassment, safety, and AI before the collective bargaining agreements expired?
Marriott employees felt unable to use this system effectively because HR failed to enforce harassment protections
What is the grievance procedure?
Employees believed Marriott made AI decisions without asking for their input, violating this organizational principle
What is employee voice?
Marriott would violate this requirement if it disciplined employees without giving them access to representation or appeal
What are grievance rights?
This union represented more than 7000 striking Marriott employees
What is Unite Here?
Workers may refuse to answer questions in a disciplinary meeting until their union rep arrives. This right is known as
What are Weingarten Rights?
This HR mistake occurs when managers discipline workers without checking the collective bargaining agreement first
What is the violating just-cause or progressive-discipline standards?
Failing to retrain workers during automation violates this HR responsibility to prepare employees for future roles
What is workforce development or strategic HR planning?
Workers alleged that Marriott failed to protect them from sexual harassment- violating regulations enforced by this federal agency
What is the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)?