PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Viviana Pereira, Hotel Worker on the Safe Hotels Act
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Viviana Pereira, a hotel room attendant with 7 years of experience, testifies in support of the Safe Hotels Act. She emphasizes the importance of safety protections for hotel workers, particularly women and immigrants working in housekeeping departments.
- Pereira highlights the benefits of union membership, including access to safety measures like panic buttons
- She urges the council to pass the Safe Hotels Act to extend similar protections to all hotel workers in New York City
- The testimony underscores the need for all women in the hotel industry to feel safe, respected, and unafraid while on the job
Viviana Pereira
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My name is Viviana Pareda, and I'm Horton working in New York City.
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I have worked as a room attendant for 7 years.
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The housekeeping department of hotel, art made up of many women and who had working immigrant like myself.
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And we often were alone on the hotel floor.
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I am a union member, so I'm fortunate to feel safe at my work because I have basic safety protections like a panic bottom.
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But I know that many housekeeper in New York City don't have these protections.
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I want all women in the hotel industry to feel safe, respected, I'm on freight when they are on the job.
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Please Do not let women down.
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Please vote yes.
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Please pass the safe hotel, act to protect worker like me.
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Thank you.
