Taylor Swift is about to boost L.A.’s economy. Striking hotel workers want her to stay away
LA TimesStriking 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 through scores of Los Angeles and Orange County hotels since early July, has seized upon Swift’s arrival to promote the cause. “Not only am I a union leader, but I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan,” said Unite Here Local 11 organizer Maria Hernandez, decked out in an Eras tour T-shirt stamped with Swift’s likeness. Many Los Angeles hotels will raise prices and “reap unprecedented profits” next week — and in particular the Hyatt Regency and other hotels located near SoFi stadium where the singer’s Eras tour is scheduled for a run of six concerts, Unite Here Local 11 officials said.
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