The Nation - News from Dec. 1, 1985

Negotiators for 4,000 workers at nine hotels in Boston agreed an hour before a midnight strike deadline to delay the walkout another 24 hours, Mayor Raymond L. Flynn announced. Talks were expected to resume today. Earlier, hundreds of employees took classes on civil disobedience and painted protest signs to prepare for a strike. Among the union’s demands is one that asks for seminars to “sensitize” managers to the sexual harassment faced by hotel workers.