Hilton San Diego Bayfront workers began striking early Wednesday morning, hours before Comic-Con was set to begin at the convention center — just steps away from the 1,190-room hotel. Daylong talks stalled late Tuesday night when negotiators for both sides were unable to reach an agreement on pay and other work-related issues. The hotel’s 600 unionized employees, who have been without a contract since November, signaled their willingness last Friday to walk off their jobs when they voted overwhelmingly to authorize union leadership to call a strike if no progress was made in negotiations. Leaders of Unite Here Local 30, which represents hotel workers throughout the county, said they hit an impasse when Hilton negotiators rejected their latest proposal for a $4-an-hour increase over a two-year period. “We were prepared to go until this morning but they said, ‘We’re done,’ and they left,” said Unite Here President Brigette Browning as workers, dressed in red union T-shirts and holding aloft picket signs, marched nearby at the hotel entrance. “No contract, no peace,” workers chanted in English and Spanish as union leaders urged them on with megaphones. Tap the link in our bio to read the full story. Photos by @samuelhodgson.