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"At the Oak Room in the St. Francis, I spoke with Nicholas Javier, a server who says he’s on strike because Marriott hasn’t taken workers' needs seriously; he described being essentially one rent payment away from the street despite working there, noted that many workers must string together multiple jobs to afford San Francisco, and criticized seemingly arbitrary managerial decisions—like cutting a full shift across the board—that can upend lives with no warning. He also said he’s lucky to have the union, but that many fellow servers lack that security." - Janelle Bitker