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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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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

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 …

Thousands of hotel workers across Southern California walk off the job

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 …

Workers fear returning to work. Many are resisting the call

Hotel workers with safety concerns protest in downtown L.A. on July 8, calling for the reopening of hotels to be paused. “Now a lot of people have been forced to go back to work in circumstances they don’t feel are safe.” Since March, more than 17,800 workplace complaints about COVID-19 have poured into the Los Angeles County Department of Public …