NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | December 21, 2018 | PAGE 17
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League, the Philadelphia Fly-
ers crossed the Ritz-Carlton
picket line in late October. The
Edmonton Oilers crossed it
twice when they visited the
Bruins.
Yankees and Dodgers are
members of the Major League
Baseball Players Association,
which itself went on strike
most recently in 1995. Celtics,
Magic, and Bulls are members
of the National Basketball
Players Association, whose
members were locked out by
their employer association in
2011. And Flyers and Oilers
are members of the National
Hockey League Players’ Asso-
ciation; they were locked out
by their employers in hard-ball
negotiations in 2012.
Some teams did honor the
strike picket line
There were alternatives, and
UNITE HERE made every ef-
fort to help teams find non-strik-
ing hotels as an alternative.
When the Houston Astros
came to Boston to play the Red
Sox in the American League
Championship Series, they
changed their hotel accommo-
dations to avoid crossing the
picket line. So did the Toronto
Maple Leafs hockey team
when they came to Boston in
November. And in San Fran-
cisco, the NBA’s Washington
Wizards switched hotels to
avoid crossing a picket line.
In the end, the Boston por-
tion of the strike ended Nov.
21 — after 45 days, and re-
sulted in higher wages and bet-
ter benefits, including paid
parental leave.
Hotel housekeepers, who
made $21.50 per hour, will see
wages rise to $26 and $27 per
hour, and all employees will
get fully-paid parental leave
and an improved pension.
But for some sports fans, the
memory of betrayal will re-
main.
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