Sept 2 (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. hotels faced

disruptions during Monday's busy Labor Day public holiday as

over 10,000 workers went on strike after contract talks stalled,

employees and the Unite Here union said.

Wearing red shirts and banging buckets, Unite Here members

picketed outside Hilton Worldwide ( HLT ), Hyatt Hotels ( H )

and Marriott International ( MAR ) locations from Honolulu,

Hawaii to Boston, Massachusetts, to demand higher pay.

The strike is occurring as the industry sees a 9% increase

in Labor Day weekend domestic travel from last year, according

to American Automobile Association booking data.

In calls to hotels in Hawaii, Boston and San Jose,

California, front-desk staff said services such as restaurants

and housekeeping were disrupted due to worker shortages on the

strike's second day.

"The hotel is open but it's very limited workers," said an

employee at the Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, asking

that her name not be used as she was not authorized to speak to

press.

Hyatt has contingency plans to minimize the impact on

operations related to strike activity, Michael D'Angelo, head of

labor relations at the hotel chain said in a statement.

Hilton and Hyatt said they remain committed to negotiating a

fair agreement with the union.

Marriott ( MAR ) did not immediately respond to a request for

comment.

Unite Here said workers were on strike at 25 hotels in nine

U.S. cities, with the stoppage set to last up to three days.

"Hotel workers across the U.S. are celebrating Labor Day by

fighting for raises, fair workloads, and the reversal of

COVID-era service and staffing cuts," Unite Here International

President Gwen Mills said in a statement.

Workers say wages do not cover living costs and hotels have

not restored staffing levels slashed during the COVID-19

pandemic, the statement said.

Unite Here members won record contracts last year after

rolling strikes in Los Angeles and a 47-day strike at Detroit

casinos, according to the union which represents hotel, casino

and airport workers in the United States and Canada.