Marriott Workers Would Rather Wash Your Towels Daily (2)

A strike could occur “very soon” at Marriott-branded properties in eight U.S. cities, and the workers’ union is blaming a program that asks customers to forgo fresh sheets for a night.

Nearly 8,500 workers are prepared to strike in Boston, Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, and on the Hawaiian Islands of Maui and Oahu, UNITE HERE spokesperson Rachel Gumpert told Bloomberg Law.

Marriott’s Green Choice program, like those in place at many hotels, is environmentally friendly but hurts workers by cutting their hours, she said.

The reduction in hours is “so significant that full time workers are ...