| Lessons from an 85-Day Hotel Strike November 12, 2026 / Diana Varenik and Natascha Elena Uhlmann Enlarge or shrink text login or register to comment You must log in or register to post a comment. You'd be forgiven for worrying, 12 weeks into a strike, that the boss is hell-bent on waiting you out. But after more than 80 days on the picket line at Seattle's Embassy Suites by Hilton in Pioneer Square, Aspen Desmarais was undeterred. 'I can live on a budget,' she said. 'Been doing it since day one.' |