Articles for Hotel Workers

L.A. City Council backs $30 minimum wage for hotel and LAX workers in 2028
1 week, 6 days 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 …

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Workers at a Las Vegas casino are on strike. Here’s what to know
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Workers at a Las Vegas casino are on strike. Here’s what to know

LA Times  

Members of the Culinary Workers Union picket Nov. 15, 2024, in front of the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. With the strike in its second week, the Culinary Workers Union is hoping to pressure Virgin Hotels Las Vegas to agree to a new five-year contract with higher pay and better benefits for workers. “Workers at Virgin Las Vegas deserve a first-class …

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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 …

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Midnight police swoop on hotel hosting campaigning politicians in Palakkad for illicit election funds roils Kerala politics
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Midnight police swoop on hotel hosting campaigning politicians in Palakkad for illicit election funds roils Kerala politics

The Hindu  

The high-profile midnight police raid on a hotel in Palakkad early Wednesday, ostensibly to confiscate concealed wads of illicit cash for electioneering, roiled Kerala politics in the run-up to the critical bypolls in the Chelakkara and Palakkad Assembly constituencies and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The Congress-led United Democratic Front sought to weaponise the sensational police swoop on the rooms …

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What Hotel Workers Would Never Do In Their Own Hotel Rooms
2 months, 2 weeks ago

What Hotel Workers Would Never Do In Their Own Hotel Rooms

Huff Post  

whitebalance.oatt via Getty Images Room service is a great hotel amenity, but don't forget to get any uneaten food cleared. “If we eat food in the room, I always make sure that I call room service to come remove it, or I make sure that we take the trash out of the room because it drives me bananas when people …

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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 …

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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 …

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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages and daily room cleaning work

Associated Press  

With up to 17 rooms to clean each shift, Fatima Amahmoud’s job at the Moxy hotel in downtown Boston sometimes feels impossible. Some 10,000 hotel workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 24 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Seattle. Since the pandemic, UNITE HERE has …

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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages, daily room cleaning work
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages, daily room cleaning work

LA Times  

Union members from Local 26, representing workers in the hospitality industries of Massachusetts, picket outside the Hyatt Regency Boston in July in Boston. Some 10,000 hotel workers represented by the UNITE HERE union walked off the job Sunday at 25 hotels in eight cities, including Honolulu, Boston, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego and Seattle. Since the pandemic, UNITE HERE …

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Hotel Staff Shortages Threaten to Push Travel Costs Even Higher
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Hotel Staff Shortages Threaten to Push Travel Costs Even Higher

Live Mint  

Hotel owners have been on an epic hiring spree. Some hotel owners now fret that a guest backlash could be building as smaller staffs can compromise the level of service and higher wages threaten to push the cost of travel even higher. “If we’re expecting empathy from consumers, we’re not going to get it," said Bob Habeeb, chief executive officer …

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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 …

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MGM's CEO says tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers union
1 year, 1 month ago

MGM's CEO says tentative deal to avoid strike will be reached with Las Vegas hotel workers union

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy MGM Resorts International, the largest …

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Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM’s CEO
1 year, 1 month ago

Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM’s CEO

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — Following a breakthrough deal at dawn Wednesday between the Las Vegas hotel workers union and Caesars Entertainment, a tentative contract was taking shape for 20,000 hospitality workers at rival MGM Resorts International that experts say would almost certainly thwart an unprecedented strike on the Las Vegas Strip. The contract, which is pending approval by the union’s rank …

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Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
1 year, 1 month ago

Thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tens of thousands of Las …

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As workers across L.A. continue to strike, music uplifts the picket lines
1 year, 1 month ago

As workers across L.A. continue to strike, music uplifts the picket lines

LA Times  

A band plays among dancing Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers at the InterContinental Hotel during a rally on Aug. 7 in downtown Los Angeles. As workers across L.A. continue to strike, music uplifts the picket lines Maine mass shooting leaves 18 dead The best agave bars in L.A. And here’s today’s e-newspaper The sounds of L.A.’s strikes Each day, …

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Fourth hotel reaches deal with workers as strikes launch at dozens of properties
1 year, 1 month 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 …

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Migrants living in homeless shelters on LA's Skid Row are being hired to replace striking hotel workers
1 year, 1 month ago

Migrants living in homeless shelters on LA's Skid Row are being hired to replace striking hotel workers

Daily Mail  

Hotels in Los Angeles have been hiring unhoused migrants including teenagers to replace striking workers, according to a new damning report. The Unite Here Local 11 union, which represents striking LA hotel workers, claims newly arrived asylum seekers staying at a Skid Row shelter have been hired to work as cleaners in the city's hotels. The Unite Here Local 11 …

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Food, toys and therapy: Tel Aviv residents help survivors of Hamas attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Food, toys and therapy: Tel Aviv residents help survivors of Hamas attack

Al Jazeera  

At a beachfront hotel and beyond, volunteers offer Israelis and foreign workers everything from counselling to clothing. “A lot of the people feel like they were the ones who were rescued and blame themselves,” said Yael, referring to the survivor’s guilt she has observed among many. “We don’t feel safe in our own country because something like this has never …

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Hotel workers strike at five Santa Monica properties after negotiations stall again
1 year, 2 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 …

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Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez's video of cheering for each other at MTV Video Music Awards goes viral, netizens react
1 year, 3 months ago

Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez's video of cheering for each other at MTV Video Music Awards goes viral, netizens react

Firstpost  

Selena Gomez won the Best Afrobeats Video for Calm Down. A user on social media shared the video and also its reaction At the recently held MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, who happen to be the best of friends, could be seen having a gala time and cheering for each other. A user on social media …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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