Photojournalist David Bacon has captured the pride and determination in the faces of hotel workers at the downtown Hilton in San Francisco who have spent the past few weeks in a dawn to dusk picket line.

The workers, who chant to guests, “Don’t check in, check out!” are demanding that the hotel’s owners negotiate a new contract with their union, UNITEHERE! Local 2.

San Francisco’s largest hotels are demanding cuts in health and retirement benefits and increased workloads.

A typical San Francisco hotel worker earns $30,000 per year.

These are their faces—all races and ages, together on the picket line.

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