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Noise Associated with Boston Hotel Strike Leads to Complaints

November 8, 2018 necn Leave a Comment

It’s been more than a month since 1,500 Marriott Hotel workers walked off the job at seven hotels around Boston. As they make their voices heard in picket lines, some who live near the protests claim the noise the workers are making is crossing a line, and they are taking the city to court. The strike began on Oct. 3 when the workers walked out demanding a living wage. Since then, members of Unite Here Local 26 have been picketing outside the hotels using drums, whistles and other noise-amplifying devices. The hotels include Aloft Boston Seaport District, the Element Boston Seaport District, the Ritz-Carlton Boston, the Sheraton Boston, the W Hotel Boston, the Westin Boston Waterfront and the Westin Copley Place. “Seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., I can’t think. I can’t do anything,” said a resident of Trinity Place, which is across the street from one of the protests. Near the hotels are a number of residential buildings with property owners who argue the sound often exceeds 70 decibels, which they said is in violation of the city’s noise ordinance. The Boston Municipal Code sets the regulations and states that anything louder than 70 decibels is considered too many at any time, except for permitted construction. High-Capacity Magazine Ban Still in Flux in California “We have had residents with meters averaging over 85 decibels, sometimes as high as 120 decibels, which is the equivalent of a jet engine taking off,” said attorney Ed Allcock, who… [Read full story]



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