Around 200 workers at Chicago's Sheraton Hotel walked off the job temporarily today, frustrated with heavy workloads at the downtown hotel, Crain's reports. The workers -- members of UNITE-HERE Local 1 -- authorized a formal strike for Chicago hotel properties owned by the Starwood chain (which includes the Sheraton) last October. From a press release:

“This is peak travel season in Chicago, but Starwood just isn’t bringing people back to work,” says Jorge Mulasano, who has worked as an Assistant Sous Chef at the Sheraton for 7 years. “I walked off the job today, because I’m tired of our work being outsourced or doing the job of two or three people, when others still have no work at all.“

Their colleagues at the Hyatt Regency Chicago staged a similar demonstration this past May.