PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Elizabeth Sanchez, Hotel Worker on Hotel Licensing and Worker Protections
4:00:27
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95 sec
Elizabeth Sanchez, a hotel worker with 24 years of experience, testifies in support of hotel licensing and worker protections. She emphasizes the importance of union membership in providing fair compensation, job security, and a safe work environment.
- Sanchez contrasts her positive experience as a union member with the insecurity faced by subcontracted workers
- She highlights the fear and job insecurity experienced by subcontracted workers, particularly regarding room quotas
- Sanchez calls for accountability of subcontracting agencies and expresses support for the proposed hotel licensing legislation
Elizabeth Sanchez
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Elizabeth Sanchez, and I'm a a Jose working here in New York City.
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I've been working in the hospitality industry for 24 years.
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And if you weren't for the union, my life would have been sort of different Thanks to the union, I have been able to earn a good income and provide excellent medical care for my 3 children, my husband, and myself.
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I have also been able to plan for a comfortable future when I retire.
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Being compensated fairly for your hard work should not be controversial.
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I'm especially wanting to work in a safe environment should also not be controversial.
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Never once during my 24 years in the industry, did I ever feel did I ever feel unsafe in my workplace or insecure about my job?
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When I work with subcontractor workers that I was all I saw on a daily basis, the ladies on the floor were were afraid of every every day for their job security.
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They were afraid that if they didn't finish their room quotes, there will be fire from the hotel.
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I know this because I was one of their I was one that assigning the rooms to them.
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It's time to protect them and to hold these critical agencies accountable.
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New York needs to say hotel ads, please, boy, yes.
