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Testimony by Yosairi Pereira, Housekeeper at The Freedom Hotel Town

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Yosairi Pereira, a housekeeper at The Freedom Hotel Town, testified about the challenges faced by hotel workers during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. She highlighted the issues with eliminating daily room cleaning and its impact on worker safety and job security.

Pereira described how the elimination of daily room cleaning, initially presented as a safety measure, actually created more difficulties for workers and resulted in job losses.
She emphasized the importance of having basic standards for room cleaning to maintain cleanliness and preserve jobs.
Pereira noted that while her union was able to resolve the issue at her workplace, many hotel workers in New York City are not as fortunate.

Yosairi Pereira

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Hi.

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Hello.

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Hi.

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My name is Josaiti Pereda.

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I work in housekeeping department at the free handhold town.

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I came back to work just after the highlight of COVID.

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At the time, our manager told Gus that we were only cleaning rooms under the guidance of Gus safety.

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But eliminating daily room cleaning, it's a safety problem.

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Imagine cleaning less during a public health crisis.

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Really eliminating daily cleaning is an excuse to eliminate jobs.

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For those who use who came who called who came back to work, Our job was much difficult.

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It was much harder to clean a room when it was, when it had been occupancy for many, many days.

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Without regular cleaning.

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And for many of us, coworker, it's also meant that there was no work for them at all.

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Luckily for our union, was able to resolve this.

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And today, we are back at work and providing daily cleaning, but many hotel workers in New York City are not so lucky.

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We should have basic standards to keep rooms clean and keep people working.

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