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Hotel Workers, Including Some in San Diego, Continue Nationwide Strike for Higher Wages
September 2, 2024 | Times of San Diego
Dozens of hotels faced disruptions during Monday’s busy Labor Day public holiday as over 10,000 workers, including some in San Diego County, went on strike after contract talks stalled, employees and the Unite Here union said.
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Union attacks on the hotel industry have left Los Angeles in poor shape for 2028 Olympics
September 2, 2024 | Daily Bulletin
Los Angeles’ “hot labor summer” of 2023 is a case of “the means don’t justify the ends.” A recent rosy media spot check on the health of Los Angeles hotels after last year’s rolling strikes doesn’t paint an accurate picture.
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Hotel workers at Westin Long Beach OK new contract
September 1, 2024 | Press Telegram
Hotel workers at the Westin Long Beach have unanimously ratified a new contract that will increase their pay by 60% over the next three and a half years, union officials said.
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UNITE HERE wants to strip Council’s ability to rewrite labor laws
August 17, 2024 | WEHO Online
UNITE HERE Local 11 has launched a major power grab in West Hollywood that would strip City Council’s power to make adjustments to minimum wage rates in the city. The labor union is leading an effort to force West Hollywood residents to vote on whether to cement current wage and employment laws for hotel employees into the city’s municipal code, preventing future changes without voter approval.
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Los californianos votarán por un salario mínimo de 18 dólares en Noviembre pero los trabajadores ya quieren $25 o más
August 16, 2024 | El Observador
California promocionó una victoria para los trabajadores en 2016 cuando promulgó una amplia serie de aumentos mínimos, asegurándose de que los trabajadores con los salarios más bajos ganaran al menos 15 dólares por hora en 2022.
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LA’s tourism workers demand wage hikes ahead of 2028 Olympics
July 30, 2024 | Los Angeles Daily News
The Olympic Games in Paris command worldwide attention, so hotel and airport workers in Los Angeles are hoping to capitalize on the global sporting events by renewing their pleas for city officials to raise their minimum wage before the 2028 Olympics in L.A.
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Workers at Disneyland agree on a new employment contract
July 24, 2024 | La Opinión
Los sindicatos de Disneyland y la parte negociadora de Disney llegaron a un acuerdo contractual tentativo que evitó una posible huelga en el parque temático de Anaheim. El nuevo convenio busca otorgar mejores salarios para los operadores de las atracciones, empleados de tiendas, cobradores de boletos y otros trabajadores del parque.
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Pasadena City Council moves a step closer to amending noise ordinance amid free speech controversy
July 16, 2024 | Pasadena Star News
The Pasadena City Council is moving closer to amending the city’s noise restrictions ordinance, a move driven by complaints by hotel workers and civil liberty groups who said the municipality’s current law infringes on their free speech rights during strikes.
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Hotel strike nears end as union reaches more tentative deals with holdouts
May 25, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
The almost 10-month-old strike that initially involved roughly 60 hotels and more than 15,000 workers in Los Angeles and Orange counties is nearing its end. In late April, the powerful hospitality union Unite Here Local 11 announced it had reached tentative contract agreements with 12 Southern California hotels. And on Friday, Unite Here Local 11 officials said the union had negotiated agreements with six more hotels in recent days.
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Is the union resurgence real? Does it matter for workers?
May 9, 2024 | Orange County Register
Helped by a presidential administration that touts itself as the “most pro-union in history,” labor unions — after decades of decline — are winning big victories against anti-union corporations and extracting impressive concessions for their workers. But is it all true?
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