Mr. Arne M. Sorenson, as the CEO of Marriott, will you ensure we are paid?
Why is this important?
We are a group of simple, hard-working immigrant laborers. We built a new Marriott hotel in downtown Durham. It is a beautiful building.
We were hired to paint, put up vinyl wall covering, install metal frames and hang sheetrock. We did our jobs.
The new Marriott Residence Inn was built on the backs of immigrant laborers who have not been paid what they were promised.
We have been cheated out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. We have been protesting for three months. We have been threatened with lawsuits if we do not stop. The manager of the hotel has threatened to arrest me.
This is not right. We expect to be paid for our work, not threatened with arrests and lawsuits.
We have families and young children who depend on us. We have bills to pay.
