Local 8 picketing Embassy Suites by FIFA entrance, asking people not to cross picket line (including hotel restaurant)

Local 8 workers are picketing on the south side of Embassy Suites right now, next to the Lumen Seattle Stadium entrance. They have been striking since the 18th for better wages and better protections in case of ICE presence at the hotel. One person told me they don’t expect people not to use hotel reservations they’ve already paid for, but they are asking people not to cross the picket line by booking new reservations or to patronize James & Codi’s Last Chance Lounge on the south side of the building (which is part of the hotel).

Two representatives from the restaurant are standing outside behind the picket line, presumably to make sure that the protesters aren’t physically blocking people from coming through the door. One of them talked to me for one second until his buddy told him to stop.