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The hotel strike is slated to end on Sunday, on the 42-day mark, but there have already been two extensions of what was initially a 9-day strike.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/10/09/532986/42-day-houston-hotel-strike-slated-to-end-sunday-its-an-unprecedented-labor-action-in-more-ways-than-one/

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Approximately 100 unionized workers at the George R. Brown Convention Center will take a strike vote, they announced on Wednesday. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2025/09/24/531782/union-workers-at-houstons-george-r-brown-convention-center-to-take-strike-vote/

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As the strike by Hilton Americas-Houston hotel workers continues without significant concessions at the negotiating table, union officials are drawing attention to the owner of the downtown hotel — Houston First.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/city-of-houston/2025/09/18/531253/hilton-union-workers-blast-hotel-owner-houston-first-amid-stalled-negotiations/

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With one month until the planned closure of Polk Street — a bustling thoroughfare connecting drivers, cyclists and pedestrians from Houston’s East End to downtown — about two dozen area residents asked the city council to delay the plans.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2025/09/17/531185/protests-over-polk-street-closure-continue-at-houston-city-hall-with-one-month-until-abandonment/

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A planned expansion of the George R. Brown Convention Center calls for the abandonment of Polk Street — a critical connection between the East End and downtown.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/03/06/515398/houston-first-unveils-convention-center-plans-as-east-end-residents-raise-concerns-over-polk-street/

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