By Jennifer Medina

Feburary 1, 2012 -- CLAREMONT, Calif. — The dining hall workers had been at Pomona College for years, some even decades. For a few, it was the only job they had held since moving to the United States.

Then late last year, administrators at the college delivered letters to dozens of the longtime employees asking them to show proof of legal residency, saying that an internal review had turned up problems in their files.

Seventeen workers could not produce documents showing that they were legally able to work in the United States. So on Dec. 2, they lost their jobs.

January 23, 2012 -- Housekeepers’ union UNITE HERE has asked the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to consider a new proposal to prevent disabling injuries in hotel room cleaners and save hotels money on workers compensation claims.

The proposed safety standard complements Senate Bill 432, a two-year bill that when introduced last year stirred considerable debate over why hotels too often fail to provide housekeepers with mops to clean floors and fitted sheets to make beds – basic tools nearly all Americans use in their homes.

UNITE HERE Local 11 is proud to stand in support of dancers and other performers, who are fighting for safe, fair conditions and health care for their work on music videos, which generate millions of dollars in revenue for record labels.

Check out the great photos from a Jan. 6 rally in Beverly Hills, steps away from Sony Music. For more information, visit dancersalliance.com Read news coverage in the LA Times here.