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 make that happen, they will.” Areas USA spokesperson Steve Duchesne said in an email Friday the company has made “repeated offers to meet directly with Unite Here Local 11 leaders in order to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement,” to no avail. “We are prepared to maintain labor peace and work toward a new labor agreement that will continue to deliver wages and health insurance benefits that our employees deserve.” He said the company’s LAX dining concessions will be open for business over the holiday weekend, regardless of whether workers proceed with a strike.

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Starbucks workers expand strike to major US cities including New York
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1 day, 20 hours ago

Starbucks workers expand strike to major US cities including New York

Hindustan Times  

Starbucks workers have expanded their strike to four more U.S. cities, including New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas said late on Saturday. Workers picket in front of a Starbucks in the Brooklyn borough in New York, U.S. December 23, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz The five-day strike, which began on Friday and initially closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago …

Starbucks workers to strike in three major cities across the US from TODAY
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5 days, 6 hours ago

Starbucks workers to strike in three major cities across the US from TODAY

Daily Mail  

Workers at Starbucks are set to strike today in three major cities across America. Starbucks Workers United, which says it represents baristas at hundreds of outlets around the country, said its action was aimed at forcing the company to improve pay and conditions after months of negotiations that it said have gone nowhere. Strike action will initially affect stores in …

Starbucks workers to strike in three major cities across the US from TODAY
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5 days, 6 hours ago

Starbucks workers to strike in three major cities across the US from TODAY

Daily Mail  

Workers at Starbucks are set to strike today in three major cities across America. Starbucks Workers United, which says it represents baristas at hundreds of outlets around the country, said its action was aimed at forcing the company to improve pay and conditions after months of negotiations that it said have gone nowhere. Strike action will initially affect stores in …

CVS workers reach tentative contract agreement after weekend strike
2 months ago

CVS workers reach tentative contract agreement after weekend strike

The Independent  

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Boycott of Beverly Hills hotels gets boost from Hollywood writers
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Boycott of Beverly Hills hotels gets boost from Hollywood writers

LA Times  

Members of Unite Here Local 11 hospitality workers union and members of the Writers Guild of America picket together in Santa Monica in July 2023. The boycott, which was launched last month by hospitality union Unite Here Local 11, targets Cameo Beverly Hills, which is a Hilton hotel, and the Beverly Hills Marriott. “Beverly Hills Marriott refused to agree to …

Labor Day hotel strikes reflect the frustrations of a workforce largely made up of women of color
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Labor Day hotel strikes reflect the frustrations of a workforce largely made up of women of color

Politico  

UNITE HERE said a total of 15,000 workers have voted to authorize strikes, which could soon spread to other cities, including New Haven, Connecticut; Oakland, California; and Providence, Rhode Island. Union President Gwen Mills says the strikes are part of long-standing battle to secure family-sustaining compensation for service workers on par with more traditionally male-dominated industries. Unionized housekeepers want to …

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 …

Food 4 Less workers in California vote to authorize strike
6 months, 1 week ago

Food 4 Less workers in California vote to authorize strike

LA Times  

An employee at Food 4 Less in Palmdale returns shopping carts. Nearly 6,000 workers at Food 4 Less locations across California this week voted to authorize a strike if Kroger, the grocery chain’s owner, continues with what they say are labor violations during ongoing contract talks. “Food 4 Less is trying to intimidate, bully, and strong-arm us into accepting a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

American Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize a strike, although a walkout still unlikely
1 year, 3 months ago

American Airlines flight attendants vote to authorize a strike, although a walkout still unlikely

Associated Press  

FORT WORTH, Texas — Flight attendants at American Airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize union leaders to call for a strike, a move designed to put pressure on the carrier during negotiations over pay raises. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said Wednesday that more than 99% of members who voted recently favored giving the union power to call a strike. …

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 …

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices
1 year, 4 months ago

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Los Angeles city employees including sanitation workers, lifeguards and traffic officers walked off the job Tuesday for a 24-hour strike demanding higher wages and alleging unfair labor practices. “City workers are vital to the function of services for millions of Angelenos every day and to our local economy,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in …

‘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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

L.A. City Council members, California assemblywoman arrested as hotel workers protest
1 year, 6 months ago

L.A. City Council members, California assemblywoman arrested as hotel workers protest

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martínez and Nithya Raman protest on Century Boulevard shortly before their arrest Thursday. Los Angeles City Councilmembers Hugo Soto-Martínez and Nithya Raman and Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo were among scores of people arrested Thursday while participating in a protest organized by Unite Here Local 11, which represents hospitality workers in Southern California. At the protest, held …

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 …

Fast-food workers plan to strike across California today for better working conditions
2 years, 6 months ago

Fast-food workers plan to strike across California today for better working conditions

LA Times  

A rally of fast food workers and supporters for passage of AB 257, a fast-food worker health and safety bill, on Thursday. Fast-food workers across California are on strike Thursday in an effort to pressure state lawmakers to pass a landmark bill to improve and standardize working conditions. Hundreds planned to gather at noon in front of Los Angeles City …

‘We’re prepared to strike’: Southern California grocery workers authorize walkouts
2 years, 8 months ago

‘We’re prepared to strike’: Southern California grocery workers authorize walkouts

LA Times  

Tyson Kehm, left, and Andrea Garcia help make signs last week at UFCW Local 770’s headquarters in Los Angeles in case of a walkout. The UFCW’s wage proposals “would lead to $400 more in monthly grocery bills for most Southern California households push customers to nonunion competitors who do not respect collective bargaining,” said John Votava, Ralphs’ corporate affairs director. …

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