Workers strike at seven Boston hotels

Workers at several hotels owned by Marriott put up picket lines this morning.

Some 1,500 UNITE HERE Local 26 workers at the Aloft Boston Seaport District, the Element Boston Seaport District, the Ritz-Carlton Boston, the Sheraton Boston, the W Hotel Boston, the Westin Boston Waterfront and the Westin Copley Place.

Issues - after six months of negotiations - are job protection and scheduling, rights for pregnant workers and greater vigilance over sexual harassment.