Union Objects to Poster as Nazi Imagery; Labor: Santa Monica hotel's management denies organizers' accusations. The dispute is part of a long battle over local's status.: [Home Edition]

A poster that union organizers say depicts them as Nazis is adding extra emotion to a labor fight at Santa Monica's only unionized hotel.

Jewish community leaders and Miramar Sheraton Hotel workers gathered Thursday to decry what they said were offensive anti-union tactics by hotel management as members of Local 814 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union prepare for a decertification vote Wednesday.

The unionists and their sympathizers called on the Miramar Sheraton to remove a poster displayed in an employees-only area of the hotel, which they said portrayed an organizer as Adolf Hitler.

The poster, copies of which were displayed at the rain-spattered demonstration, showed a man with a Hitler-like mustache wearing an armband reading "814," riding boots and a uniform with pockets stuffed full of money.

The figure is shown pointing to a Spanish-language...