Hotel workers at LAX-area properties walk off the job over healthcare proposal
1 year, 2 months ago

Hotel workers at LAX-area properties walk off the job over healthcare proposal

LA Times  

Hundreds of hotel workers went on strike at properties near Los Angeles International Airport on Friday in protest of the hotels’ latest contract proposal, which the union contends would make healthcare less affordable. In the latest wave of Southern California’s rolling hotel strike, workers at eight properties near Los Angeles International Airport walked off the job Friday morning. Friday’s work stoppage came in response to a tense bargaining session Wednesday between a group of Southern California hotels and Unite Here Local 11. The union rejected an offer of major pay boosts and pension contributions that represented “a serious effort to jump start the stalled negotiations,” said Keith Grossman, an attorney representing a group of more than 40 Southern California hotel owners and operators, in a news release Thursday.

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L.A. City Council backs $30 minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers in 2028
2 weeks ago

L.A. City Council backs $30 minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers in 2028

LA Times  

Wednesday’s minimum-wage vote delivered a huge victory to Unite Here Local 11, which represents thousands of hotel and restaurant workers. At hotels, housekeepers, desk clerks and other employees would see a 48% hike over 3½ years, compared with the $20.32 per hour currently set by the city’s hotel minimum wage law. Skycaps, cabin cleaners and many other workers at Los …

L.A. City Council postpones vote on wage hike for hotel and airport workers over tourism concerns
1 month ago

L.A. City Council postpones vote on wage hike for hotel and airport workers over tourism concerns

LA Times  

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday postponed a vote on a major boost to wages for hotel and airport workers, voicing concerns that the pay hike could damage the city’s tourism industry. Doane Liu, executive director of the City Tourism Department, warned the council that the report understated the effect the proposed minimum wage increases would have on the …

Union workers at Hawaii's largest hotel go on strike
3 months ago

Union workers at Hawaii's largest hotel go on strike

The Independent  

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More than 10,000 hotel workers are on strike
3 months, 3 weeks ago

More than 10,000 hotel workers are on strike

NPR  

More than 10,000 hotel workers are on strike This Labor Day, workers in industries from airlines to hotels to universities are agitating for better wages and working conditions. SUMMERS:.More than 10,000 hotel workers on strike in nine cities, in demonstrations that should continue through tomorrow at most. HSU: People like Linda Benston, who's worked at the Hilton in Baltimore since …

10,000 US hotel workers strike over Labor Day weekend
3 months, 3 weeks ago

10,000 US hotel workers strike over Labor Day weekend

Al Jazeera  

Workers walk off the job in eight US cities over pandemic-era cost-cutting measures. Some 10,000 hotel workers across the United States have gone on strike over a major holiday weekend to demand better pay and conditions. Gwen Mills, International President of UNITE HERE, said the union had called the strike ahead of Labor Day on Monday as hotels had not …

Thousands Of U.S. Hotel Workers Are On Strike
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands Of U.S. Hotel Workers Are On Strike

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Thousands of hotel workers around the country walked off the job Sunday amid labor disputes with several major hotel chains. The union Unite Here said the strikes hit 25 hotels in eight cities: Boston; Greenwich, Connecticut; Honolulu and Kauai, Hawaii; San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, California; and Seattle. As HuffPost previously reported, the workers are …

With strike behind them, Los Angeles hotels look to move on
4 months ago

With strike behind them, Los Angeles hotels look to move on

LA Times  

On a spring day last year, representatives from dozens of Los Angeles-area hotels gathered for a meeting with the union representing their cleaners, front desk clerks and other workers. While the labor unrest roiled a keystone of Southern California’s tourism industry and the new contracts have added to the hotels’ labor costs, hospitality experts said the strike isn’t expected to …

Hotel strike nears end as union reaches more tentative deals with holdouts
7 months ago

Hotel strike nears end as union reaches more tentative deals with holdouts

LA Times  

Members of Unite Here! In late April, the powerful hospitality union Unite Here Local 11 announced it had reached tentative contract agreements with 12 Southern California hotels. “We’re winning more the longer this goes on.” Stephanie Peterson, a spokesperson for Aimbridge Hospitality, which operates six hotels that recently settled, said in a statement: “We are pleased to have reached an …

700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip
7 months, 2 weeks ago

700 hotel union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino near Las Vegas Strip

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — About 700 workers walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip at dawn Friday, in what union organizers said would be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new five-year contract with Virgin Hotels. Virgin Hotels filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday ahead …

Hospitality workers ratify new contract with 34 Southern California hotels, press 30 others to sign
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hospitality workers ratify new contract with 34 Southern California hotels, press 30 others to sign

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with 34 hotels after repeated strikes since the summer, their union announced Monday. Room attendants, cooks and other non-tipped workers will receive wage hikes of $10 an hour over the term of the contract, representing a 40% to 50% increase, the union said. “We have won …

Southern California hotel workers ratify new contracts, ending strikes for some
9 months ago

Southern California hotel workers ratify new contracts, ending strikes for some

LA Times  

After months spent on and off the picket lines, employees at about three dozen Southern California hotels, including some of Los Angeles’ most high-end properties, voted this weekend to approve new contracts that deliver higher wages for thousands of housekeepers, cooks and other workers. “The agreement — we are using the term ‘life-changing,’ because it truly is — is 50 …

Nearly half of SoCal hotels involved in local strike have reached tentative deals with workers
11 months, 1 week ago

Nearly half of SoCal hotels involved in local strike have reached tentative deals with workers

LA Times  

On July 3 hotel workers protested outside the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica. In all, the union has reached tentative agreements with 28 hotels, nearly half of some 60 properties in Los Angeles and Orange counties initially targeted by intermittent strikes that started in July. While we recognize the growing list of hotels signing this historic agreement, we are …

Four Southern California Hilton hotels reach deals with striking workers, suggesting momentum
1 year ago

Four Southern California Hilton hotels reach deals with striking workers, suggesting momentum

LA Times  

Nelly Anaya-Mena, a housekeeper at the Beverly Hilton, picketed outside the hotel after she and co-workers walked off the job in a rolling strike on July 24. “The hotel and union are pleased to announce their deal just before what promises to be an especially celebratory awards season on the heels of the actors’ and writers’ own labor disputes,” the …

Striking hotel workers reach a tentative contract agreement with a fifth hotel
1 year, 1 month ago

Striking hotel workers reach a tentative contract agreement with a fifth hotel

LA Times  

Jose Ayala, 66, left, walks the picket line with fellow Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers in front of the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica in July. Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for nearly five months, said it has reached a tentative contract agreement with Le …

Fourth hotel reaches deal with workers as strikes launch at dozens of properties
1 year, 2 months ago

Fourth hotel reaches deal with workers as strikes launch at dozens of properties

LA Times  

Striking hotel workers protest outside the InterContinental hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 7. On Wednesday, thousands of hotel workers marched through the area, representing the biggest strike action organized by Unite Here Local 11 thus far, with some 50 properties involved. The Laguna Cliffs Marriott hotel on Wednesday reached a tentative agreement with the union representing hotel workers …

A third hotel reaches a deal with striking workers as Long Beach, Pasadena employees walk out
1 year, 2 months ago

A third hotel reaches a deal with striking workers as Long Beach, Pasadena employees walk out

LA Times  

Workers represented by Unite Here Local 11 picket in front of Hotel Maya in Long Beach on Aug. 11. Unite Here Local 11, the union representing hotel workers in Southern California who have been striking on and off for nearly four months, said it has reached a tentative agreement with Loews Hollywood. “We are thrilled to be in agreement with …

After three months of rolling strikes, second L.A. hotel reaches tentative agreement with union
1 year, 2 months ago

After three months of rolling strikes, second L.A. hotel reaches tentative agreement with union

LA Times  

Hotel workers picket in front of the Biltmore hotel in downtown Los Angeles on July 2, kicking off rolling strikes that have lasted nearly three months. After nearly three months of sporadic strikes at dozens of hotels in Southern California, the union representing workers at one property — the Biltmore in downtown Los Angeles — announced Friday that it has …

Hotel workers strike at five Santa Monica properties after negotiations stall again
1 year, 3 months ago

Hotel workers strike at five Santa Monica properties after negotiations stall again

LA Times  

Hotel workers have walked off the job at five Santa Monica properties after negotiations stalled. Hotel workers at five Santa Monica properties walked off the job early Monday after negotiations stalled last week. The union last month urged convention organizers and visitors to “stay away from strike-ready hotels” that haven’t signed new contracts with more than 15,000 workers at some …

Hot labor summer, by the numbers
1 year, 3 months ago

Hot labor summer, by the numbers

LA Times  

Good morning and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. Monday is Labor Day, and we are still in the heat of L.A.’s “hot labor summer.” Hotel workers in downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica are currently striking as a political science convention goes on. Los Angeles Times EDUCATION In a groundbreaking step, Caltech announced Thursday that it will drop admission …

LAX food workers vote to authorize strike ahead of Labor Day weekend, pressuring tourism industry
1 year, 3 months ago

LAX food workers vote to authorize strike ahead of Labor Day weekend, pressuring tourism industry

LA Times  

Unite Here Local 11 said LAX food workers might strike as early as this holiday weekend. Workers at many of Los Angeles International Airport’s shops and restaurants could join picket lines over the Labor Day weekend after voting overwhelmingly Thursday to authorize a strike. “It’s time the industry pays workers their fair share, and if workers have to strike to …

Striking Los Angeles hotel workers vow ‘dirty rooms and nonstop noise’ at downtown conference
1 year, 3 months ago

Striking Los Angeles hotel workers vow ‘dirty rooms and nonstop noise’ at downtown conference

LA Times  

Hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 11 picket outside the Beverly Hilton on July 24. Hotel workers at the JW Marriott, Sheraton Grand, Hotel Figueroa and several other properties, primarily in downtown Los Angeles, walked off the job early Wednesday morning in an action timed to coincide with the start of the American Political Science Assn.’s annual conference. The …

Union calls for a boycott of Southern California hotels without contracts
1 year, 4 months ago

Union calls for a boycott of Southern California hotels without contracts

LA Times  

Hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 11 picket outside the JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. After nearly two months of rolling strikes by hotel workers in Southern California, Unite Here Local 11 is calling for a boycott of some 60 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties that haven’t agreed to new labor contracts. Patricia …

‘More work for less money’: Protests at LAX, City Hall as thousands walk off the job
1 year, 4 months ago

‘More work for less money’: Protests at LAX, City Hall as thousands walk off the job

LA Times  

Passengers at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday navigate past striking L.A. city workers, who are staging a one-day walkout to protest what they say are unfair labor practices by the city. Thousands of Los Angeles city workers hit the picket lines Tuesday for a massive one-day strike after union leaders accused the city of unfair labor practices, which Mayor …

L.A.’s striking hotel workers are being roughed up by employers’ security, union says
1 year, 4 months ago

L.A.’s striking hotel workers are being roughed up by employers’ security, union says

LA Times  

From left; Eliza Silva, Lorena Ramirez, and Maria Hernandez, hotel workers at the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Los Angeles, join other striking hotel workers during a protest outside the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown hotel, at 7th and Figueroa streets in downtown Los Angeles. Peter Hillan, a spokesperson for the California Hotel and Lodging Assn., said that safety is the …

Strike hits dozens of L.A. hotels as tourism industry expects lift from Taylor Swift’s SoFi concerts. Here’s what to know
1 year, 4 months ago

Strike hits dozens of L.A. hotels as tourism industry expects lift from Taylor Swift’s SoFi concerts. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Striking hotel housekeepers called on Taylor Swift to support their fight for better wages and benefits at a rally July 27 at the Hyatt Regency LAX in Los Angeles. If you’re planning a trip to Los Angeles in the next few days — particularly if you’re visiting to see Taylor Swift — there’s a chance a strike by hotel workers …

Taylor Swift is about to boost L.A.’s economy. Striking hotel workers want her to stay away
1 year, 4 months ago

Taylor Swift is about to boost L.A.’s economy. Striking hotel workers want her to stay away

LA Times  

Striking hotel housekeepers called on Taylor Swift to support their fight for better wages and benefits at a rally Thursday at the Hyatt Regency LAX in Los Angeles. Protesting workers held printed signs referencing the tour and Swift’s music, urging, “Taylor, make this your solidarity era.” Wherever Swift touches down, local economies thrive. The hotel workers’ strike, which has rumbled …

Southern California’s hotel worker strike rolls to new spots. Here’s what’s at stake
1 year, 5 months ago

Southern California’s hotel worker strike rolls to new spots. Here’s what’s at stake

LA Times  

Along with other Southern California hotel workers Karla Alcala, a pastry chef at the Waldorf Astoria, walks out and strikes at the hotel in Beverly Hills on Monday. An ongoing strike by Southern California hotel workers enveloped the Beverly Hilton, longtime host of the annual Golden Globe Awards, and the upscale Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills early Monday morning. Workers …

Hotel workers near LAX walk out in second wave of strikes
1 year, 5 months ago

Hotel workers near LAX walk out in second wave of strikes

LA Times  

Members of the Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers union picket outside the Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles International Airport hotel after walking off the job Monday. The list of hotels on strike include the Aloft El Segundo Los Angeles Airport, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Los Angeles LAX/El Segundo, Four Points by Sheraton Los Angeles International Airport, …

L.A. hotel workers endure hours-long commutes, car sleeping to afford homes elsewhere
1 year, 5 months ago

L.A. hotel workers endure hours-long commutes, car sleeping to afford homes elsewhere

LA Times  

Gladis Ávila still finds time to sweep her front porch after commuting five days a week from her home in Victorville to her job as a housekeeper at the W Hollywood Hotel. “At the end of the day, when I’m heading home,” Ávila said, “I wonder if it’s worth it.” The women, both hotel workers, grapple with all the difficulties …

Column: Three’s not a crowd. Meet the co-presidents of the union behind the hotel workers’ strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Column: Three’s not a crowd. Meet the co-presidents of the union behind the hotel workers’ strike

LA Times  

Striking hotel workers walk the picket line outside the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. “It works for us — it doesn’t feel foreign for us because that’s the way we learned how to do it.” Susan Minato, second from left, attends a 2019 press conference at Unite Here Local 11 headquarters in Inglewood as …

Southern California hotels hit by strike say union is unlawfully pushing housing agenda
1 year, 5 months ago

Southern California hotels hit by strike say union is unlawfully pushing housing agenda

LA Times  

A striking member of Unite Here Local 11 pickets outside the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. Amid tense negotiations over new contracts for thousands of local hotel housekeepers, receptionists and cooks, a group of Southern California hotels filed an unfair labor practice charge accusing Unite Here Local 11 of striking over policy proposals that have “nothing to …

L.A. hotel workers are back on the job, but say more strikes are to come
1 year, 5 months ago

L.A. hotel workers are back on the job, but say more strikes are to come

LA Times  

A striking member of Unite Here Local 11 sits on a ledge outside the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. According to Unite Here Local 11 spokeswoman Maria Hernandez, workers from what she described as a first wave of walkouts returned to work Wednesday “to make room for other hotels who have also authorized a strike to …

Visiting L.A. during the hotel workers’ strike? Here’s what you need to know
1 year, 5 months ago

Visiting L.A. during the hotel workers’ strike? Here’s what you need to know

LA Times  

Striking workers from Unite Here Local 11 carry picket signs in front of the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. If you’re planning to visit Los Angeles anytime soon, the widespread news coverage of the hotel workers’ strike may have left you wondering whether you have to make new reservations — or pick a different city. California …

Workers strike at major Southern California hotels over pay and benefits
1 year, 5 months ago

Workers strike at major Southern California hotels over pay and benefits

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Workers picketed major Southern California hotels Monday after walking off the job during the July Fourth long weekend to demand better pay and benefits. “We are asking for a pay raise because it costs so much to live here in California, especially in LA.” The walkout comes amid holiday celebrations and a major anime convention in Los …

No sign of progress in L.A. hotel strike ahead of Fourth of July holiday
1 year, 5 months ago

No sign of progress in L.A. hotel strike ahead of Fourth of July holiday

LA Times  

Striking hotel workers, members of Unite Here Local 11, picket outside of the JW Marriott Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Monday. On the second day of a major strike, thousands of service workers at hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties remained off the job Monday in the middle of the tourist-rich Fourth of July holiday period, with no …

Hotel workers' strike disrupts July 4th holiday in Southern California
1 year, 5 months ago

Hotel workers' strike disrupts July 4th holiday in Southern California

NPR  

Hotel workers' strike disrupts July 4th holiday in Southern California Enlarge this image toggle caption Damian Dovarganes/AP Damian Dovarganes/AP In Southern California, screenwriters are on strike. The strike of thousands of hotel employees in and around Los Angeles comes during a busy week for the region, where people have traveled for the July 4th holiday and the annual Anime Expo, …

Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California are on strike, demanding better pay and benefits
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California are on strike, demanding better pay and benefits

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California walked off the job on Sunday, demanding higher pay and better benefits in what the union is calling the largest strike in its history. In addition, the union wants to create a “hospitality workforce housing fund” to help workers deal with the soaring costs of living in greater Los Angeles. …

Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job
1 year, 5 months ago

Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job

LA Times  

Southern California hotel workers walk a picket line Sunday in downtown Los Angeles after thousands walked off the job, demanding higher pay and better benefits. Thousands of workers at hotels across Southern California walked off the job Sunday, demanding higher pay and better benefits and beginning what could be the largest U.S. strike for the industry in recent memory. “Now …

Unionized hotel workers reach deal with biggest employer on eve of July 4 weekend and planned strike
1 year, 5 months ago

Unionized hotel workers reach deal with biggest employer on eve of July 4 weekend and planned strike

LA Times  

Hotel workers and union organizers create strike signs at Unite Here Local 11 headquarters in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. As Los Angeles braces for the largest U.S. hotel worker strike in recent memory, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown L.A. announced it reached a tentative deal for higher pay and benefits Wednesday evening with the union representing …

Looming strike poses challenge for Mayor Karen Bass at homeless housing hotel
1 year, 5 months ago

Looming strike poses challenge for Mayor Karen Bass at homeless housing hotel

LA Times  

The L.A. Grand in downtown Los Angeles has been critical to the mayor’s Inside Safe intiative, which seeks to dismantle homeless encampments and bring people indoors. A strike would disrupt operations at the L.A. Grand, the downtown hotel that has provided about 480 rooms for the city’s unhoused population since the outbreak of COVID-19. Unite Here Local 11 co-President Kurt …

Thousands of Southern California workers authorize the largest hotel strike in modern U.S. history
1 year, 6 months ago

Thousands of Southern California workers authorize the largest hotel strike in modern U.S. history

LA Times  

Jovani Ramirez wakes well before dawn most work days to head from his Santa Clarita home to his 6 a.m. shift as a cook at the Beverly Hilton hotel, one of the three jobs he juggles to support his family. After a month of negotiations, hotels have failed to make any wage proposal, and the union called a strike authorization …

Thousands of local hotel workers move closer to a strike: ‘Living in L.A. is no longer an option’
1 year, 6 months ago

Thousands of local hotel workers move closer to a strike: ‘Living in L.A. is no longer an option’

LA Times  

Workers from Unite Here and other unions rally in downtown Los Angeles on May 26. As Los Angeles gears up for a busy summer travel season — plus future tourist events including the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 Olympics — and hotel company profits rise, it’s crucial to ensure workers are fairly compensated and can afford housing, said Kurt …

L.A. City Council members propose $30-an-hour wage by 2028 for hotel and LAX workers
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. City Council members propose $30-an-hour wage by 2028 for hotel and LAX workers

LA Times  

LAX worker Jovan Houston, left, L.A. City Councilmember Curren Price and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Yvonne Wheeler at a news conference where Price announced a motion to raise the minimum wage for some airport and hotel workers to $30 an hour. The minimum wages of workers at larger hotels and Los Angeles International Airport would rise to $30 …

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