A tentative contract agreement has been reached between the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel and UNITE HERE Local 274, ending a nine-day strike among workers at the hotel.
The strike began June 21, 2026, when unionized hotel employees walked off the job in a dispute over wages and benefits.
Under the tentative agreement, non-tipped employees’ wages will increase to $30 an hour by 2028, bringing the Sheraton in line with Philadelphia’s citywide hotel wage standard.
In addition, the agreement includes a reduction in the daily room quota to 15 rooms for room attendants, an 18% banquet gratuity, major increases in pension, and improved access to dependent health coverage.
“When we said we were fighting for $30 an hour at the beginning of this campaign, a lot of people told us we were asking for the impossible,” said Shafeek Anderson, a steward at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. “With this victory, we have shown the whole industry that nothing is impossible when workers stick together.”
Members of the union will hold a ratification vote on Monday, June 29, 2026, and if passed, the members will return to work on Tuesday, June 30.
The tentative agreement would end a nearly two-year contract dispute that began in 2024 between UNITE HERE Local 274 — which represents 4,000 private sector hotel and food service workers in the Philadelphia region — and the Sheraton.