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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Hotel Worker on Safe Hotels Act
3:57:09
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3 min
A hotel worker testifies in support of the Safe Hotels Act, sharing personal experiences of poor working conditions, inadequate supplies, and abusive management while employed through a subcontracting agency in various New York City hotels.
- The worker describes issues such as insufficient cleaning supplies, being told not to change sheets between guests, and unpaid overtime.
- They recount instances of verbal abuse from management, including inappropriate comments about their weight.
- The testimony highlights the stress and lack of protection faced by subcontracted hotel workers, emphasizing the need for the Safe Hotels Act.
UNKNOWN
3:57:09
Hello.
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My name is And I work in New York Hotels Worker, and I support the Safe Hotels Act.
3:57:22
I work I worked for sub con construction agency called Green Park for 2 years.
3:57:31
Each day, the agency would send me to clean rooms at different hotels.
3:57:40
I would work with strangers, new co new coworkers, different managements every day.
3:57:49
The hotel rooms was disgusting because some there was not enough supplies for to clean properly.
3:58:02
Sometimes there was not enough linen to change the sheets between the new guests.
3:58:10
So the agents you would tell me to put, sometimes, don't change the sheets for the guests because we're not have enough.
3:58:19
We shot the dean, and so I was disgusting.
3:58:27
And they wanna sell the rooms for another guest.
3:58:30
Management will get upset at us for NatBank able to finish work workloads, even that I was because even that I was because we did not have enough supplies, and I was worried if I did not stay to finish my rooms, that I will maybe lost my job.
3:59:01
I would have to work extra hours to finish my room because I wanna do my job, and I did not have to supplies, so I stayed longer.
3:59:13
But I would not pay overtime for this.
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The management sum of hotels where I work, their value abused me.
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They call it MiFAD to tell me to have to lose weight because I don't fit in their uniform.
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This was not normal for me because supposed to be not abusing words.
3:59:43
There was no rules or protection to protect me if if it was very difficult to relieve those things.
3:59:53
And his experience was tried to forgot because I was working in another hotel's 23 years, so my experience was good clean rooms to make good job.
4:00:10
And I'm hardworking a person at this job.
4:00:15
I was constantly stressed.
Julie Menin
4:00:17
Okay.
4:00:17
I'm just gonna ask you to wrap up, please.
4:00:20
Thank you so much.
UNKNOWN
4:00:20
Please pass the Safe Hotels Act protect workers.