A handful of laid-off workers today camped outside the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott Hotel for a one-day fast to protest against the continued lack of a collective bargaining agreement.

More than 100 employees voted to unionize in May 2019 under Unite Here Local 7, said staff director Tracy Lingo.

After a year of delays and futile talks, there’s still no contract.

“We just felt like we needed to move to another level of seriousness,” Lingo said of the decision to fast outside the 32-floor-high luxury hotel in upscale Harbor East.

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