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Testimony by Judelina Santiago, Room Attendant from Lexington Hotel

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Judelina Santiago, a room attendant, testified in support of the Safe Hotel Act, sharing her negative experiences working for a subcontracting agency. She described poor working conditions, including unpaid work hours, threats of wage deductions, and lack of proper cleaning supplies.

The agency failed to pay her for multiple days of work, calling them "training days"
She was forced to work off the clock and was only paid for 8 hours despite staying late
The agency provided inadequate cleaning supplies, such as using dirty towels and guest shampoo to clean rooms
She urged the passage of the Safe Hotel Act to protect workers like herself

Marta Bustillo

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My name is Judelina Santiago.

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I'm a New Year City worker and support the safe at hotel act.

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I'm here to today to tell you about my spirit working for all a a contracting agency.

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I work as a rumour tender for Greenmagic Excelling Cleaning Agency in the fall of 2021.

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This subcontractor agency did not pay me for multiple days that I work cleaning rooms because they call them training days.

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They told us that if any guest complain that their room wasn't clean, they were going to take money out of our paycheck to compensate the guests.

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And we constantly have to work off clock to finish our work.

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I have to stay late many days, but I was only pay for 8 hours.

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I'm a hard worker, but I felt like it was impossible to properly clean the room because the agency didn't provide any of us with cleaning supply.

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When I asked the super supervised supervisor.

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Why should I use to clean the room?

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I was give a bucket and a cup of water.

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I was give no chemical disinfectant or soap.

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Instead, agency told us that we should use dirty gas tower and I used gas shampoo to clean the rooms.

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And I had to wash the dishes with hot water, no soap, because there was no dish their their agents.

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I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

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It was so gross.

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I couldn't believe that guests were paying money for this.

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Please pass the Safe Hotel Act to protect worker like me.

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