by Richard Sawyer, Principal Officer, UNITE HERE! Local 8

The Ramada Inn Governor House is outsourcing Union jobs with affordable health and dental insurance to an outside company. With tactics looking like they were taken straight out of a handbook for Wal-Mart executives, Sandra Miller of the Ramada Inn Governor House in Olympia positions herself on the forefront of a race to the bottom in wages and benefits.

(Photo by Richard Sawyer)

Local citizens join the picket-line with Ramada workers. (Photo provided by Richard Sawyer)

Intercity Transit worker from ATU Local 1384 and Pizza Time striker Joe Connor stand in solidarity with laid off Ramada Inn workers. (Photo provided by Richard Sawyer)

Members of the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace (OMJP) demand justice for the Ramada workers and direct that message to Governor House manager, Sandra Miller. (Photo provided by Richard Sawyer)