Approximately 200 of the 650 workers at this high end hotel are striking after the American hotel group Starwood changed their working conditions.  Their complaints include ever-changing shift patterns and being spread too thin, having to do jobs that they were never hired to do.  They are asking for more hires to fill these jobs and a compensatory bonus.

Guests, typically used to hushed classical music and quiet whispers, are greeted in the lobby with approximately 100 strikers, loud talk and bongo drums.  Some find it quaint, while others are not pleased.  Especially when the bar is closed due to the strike!

Starwood has recently purchased a number of Paris hotels, including the Intercontinental which is now a Westin.  It is said that they are experiencing their fair share of bumps in the road as well.  Perhaps they could learn from Disney who had to bend their rules to fit into France, rather than making the French conform to the American way.