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Hundreds of striking hotel workers at the Hilton Americas-Houston will remain on the picket line through Sept. 20, union officials announced Tuesday, marking a ten-day extension of a “historic” strike.

Speaking to the Houston City Council on Tuesday, UNITE HERE Local 23 union official Willy Gonzalez said the workers are seeking a $23 hourly wage — a significant raise from the current base rate of $16.50. He said management so far has offered an immediate one-dollar raise to $17.50, followed by a 75-cent increase in January and additional 50-cent raises every six months.

"No one can deny that hotel is extremely profitable," Gonzalez said. "It’s doing well, but the people who have made that hotel a success — that hotel that was built with public money, that hotel that

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