00:00And in Boston, after a month of protests, over 1,000 workers remain on the streets demanding their labor rights.
00:06Our correspondent Dan Albright brings those details.
00:12More than 1,300 workers at Encore Boston Harbor here have now been on strike for a month.
00:18Workers represented by Unite Here Local 26 and Teamsters Local 25 are bargaining together.
00:24They say that at this five-star resort, they should have the same wage standard already won at Union Hotels
00:30across Boston.
00:36We made this place a five-star resort.
00:39It's not the stockholders. It's not the managers.
00:43It's these people. Day in, day out. We work.
00:46Wynn has kept the property open during the strike using temporary replacement workers, managers performing bargaining unit jobs, and non
00:56-union dealers taking overtime in other classifications.
01:00My own managers were happily telling me that they were going to be bartending or doing any of the other
01:06jobs, like cleaning restrooms and stuff.
01:09Workers say Wynn has still not moved meaningfully at the bargaining table.
01:13Wynn says its union workforce averages more than $95,000 a year in total compensation, and that wages and benefits
01:21have risen faster than revenue.
01:23Encore still generated about $847 million last year at this property.
01:28Part of Wynn resorts more than $7 billion in global revenue.
01:33Labor researcher Steve Strifler says both unions have shown a willingness to strike.
01:37He says Local 26 also draws strength from high union density across Boston Hotels and deep organizing between contract claims.
01:47I think core to it is sort of a deep commitment to organizing, making sure they're engaged, involved in the
01:52union.
01:53And then they sort of essentially draw the line and say, look, if we don't get these demands, we are
01:58sufficiently organized that we are going to go on strike.
02:01And then they follow through.
02:02If we don't get it! If we don't get it!
02:07Accommodation and food service workers recorded more work stoppages than any other U.S. industry last year.
02:13One month in, house worker and picket captain Amari Rivera says the strike will continue as long as it needs
02:20to.
02:20We're not going back until we get all we're asking for.
02:24One day longer! One day longer!
02:28From Everett, Massachusetts, Stan Albright, Telesor English.
02:32Six kids had been here for about 18 months at a time at a time at a time at a
02:33time at a time at a time when they were trying to catch up plans.
02:34As
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