HOTELS WITH CONTRACTS OR TENTATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENTS
- 1 HOTEL WEST HOLLYWOOD
- ALSACE HOTEL | Los Angeles, Calif.
- THE BEVERLY HILTON | Beverly Hills, Calif.
- COURTYARD MARRIOTT SANTA MONICA
- COURTYARD MARRIOTT/RESIDENCE INN LA LIVE | Los Angeles, Calif.
- E CENTRAL HOTEL | Los Angeles, Calif.
- FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA | Los Angeles, Calif.
- FAIRMONT MIRAMAR | Santa Monica, Calif.
- FOUR POINTS SHERATON LAX | Los Angeles, Calif.
- FOUR SEASONS REGENCY BEVERLY WILSHIRE | Beverly Hills, Calif.
- HAMPTON INN & SUITES SANTA MONICA
- HILTON ANAHEIM | Anaheim, Calif.
- HILTON COSTA MESA | Costa Mesa, Calif.
- HILTON IRVINE | Irvine, Calif.
- HOTEL INDIGO LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN
- HOTEL MAYA
- HYATT PLACE PASADENA
- HYATT ANDAZ WEST HOLLYWOOD
- HYATT CENTRIC LONG BEACH
- HYATT REGENCY LONG BEACH
- INTERCONTINENTAL LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN
- JUNE HOTEL | Los Angeles, Calif.
- JW MARRIOTT LA LIVE | Los Angeles, Calif.
- LAGUNA CLIFFS MARRIOTT RESORT & SPA | Dana Point, Calif.
- LE MÉRIDIEN DELFINA SANTA MONICA
- LE MERIGOT | Santa Monica, Calif.
- THE LINE | Los Angeles, Calif.
- LOEWS HOLLYWOOD | Los Angeles, Calif.
- MARRIOTT IRVINE | Irvine, Calif.
- MILLENNIUM BILTMORE | Los Angeles, Calif.
- PROPER HOTEL LOS ANGELES
- PROPER HOTEL SANTA MONICA
- THE RITZ-CARLTON | Los Angeles, Calif.
- THE SHAY-DESTINATION BY HYATT | Culver City, Calif.
- SHERATON GATEWAY LAX | Los Angeles, Calif.
- SHERATON GRAND LOS ANGELES | Los Angeles, Calif.
- SHERATON UNIVERSAL HOTEL | Universal City, Calif.
- SLS HOTEL BEVERLY HILLS | Los Angeles, Calif.
- SOFITEL LOS ANGELES AT BEVERLY HILLS
- VICEROY SANTA MONICA
- W LOS ANGELES WEST BEVERLY HILLS | Los Angeles, Calif.
- WALDORF ASTORIA | Beverly Hills, Calif.
- WESTDRIFT MANHATTAN BEACH
- WESTIN BONAVENTURE | Los Angeles, Calif.
- WESTIN LAX LOS ANGELES AIRPORT | Los Angeles, Calif.
HOTELS WITH LABOR DISPUTES
- ALOFT EL SEGUNDO
- BALBOA BAY CLUB
- DOUBLETREE HOTEL DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
- DOUBLETREE HOTEL SAN PEDRO
- EMBASSY SUITES IRVINE
- FAIRFIELD INN AND SUITES EL SEGUNDO
- GLENDALE HILTON
- HILTON GARDEN INN LAX/EL SEGUNDO
- HILTON PASADENA
- HOLIDAY INN LAX
- HOTEL FIGUEROA
- HYATT REGENCY LAX
- SHERATON PARK ANAHEIM
- THE LA GRAND HOTEL DOWNTOWN
- W HOLLYWOOD & SKY TERRACE RESTAURANT
THE 2023 CONTRACT FIGHT
Since the pandemic, the region’s largest economic engine, the tourism industry, is celebrating record profits while hospitality workers are overworked, fighting to stay housed and alive. In 2023, workers have the opportunity to reclaim the right to live and work in their community.
UNITE HERE Local 11 has lined up over 100 contracts to expire this year, with the goal to lift the low standards of service workers, as the city of Los Angeles prepares for the World Cup (2026) and the Olympics (2028). We are ready to welcome millions to the region, and we intend to seize the moment to ensure our place in the economic boom headed our way.
MELISSA AND ROSA
The 3rd wave of the nation’s largest hotel strike expands to Beverly Hills as more than 1,000 more cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and front desk agents at multiple properties walked out this morning.
Beverly Hills Hotel Workers Strike, 3rd Wave Grows
Beverly Hills, CA: The 3rd wave of the nation’s largest hotel strike expands to Beverly Hills as more than 1,000 more cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and front desk agents at multiple properties walked out this morning.
Jovani Ramirez, a cook who works at both the Beverly Hilton and Fairmont Century Plaza and commutes from Santa Clarita said, “I am going on strike because I work two full time jobs to provide for my 4 children. I need free family healthcare because my youngest son is autistic. It is morally wrong that I work 16 hours a day in our most prosperous industry but cannot afford to live in Los Angeles.”
“A room attendant at the Waldorf Astoria must work 60 hours to earn enough to pay for one night at this ritzy hotel,” said Kurt Petersen, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local. 11. “Yet the hotel’s last offer did not add one more penny for wages. Hilton could care less about whether their workers are able to afford to live in Los Angeles.”
Thousands of workers at 43 hotels have struck so far. But only the Westin Bonaventure has reached a tentative agreement that includes a living wage that will enable workers to afford to live in the city where they work.
Last week, the hotel industry led by Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott, presented a new economic proposal that did not have one penny more for wages, pension or healthcare.
The ongoing labor unrest has caused groups such as the Democratic Governors Association, Japanese American Citizens League, W.K Kellogg Foundation and Vanderpump Rules to cancel their events.
The union’s bargaining committee sent a letter to the American Political Science Association requesting that the 6000 person organization cancel its Annual Meeting & Exhibition, which is set to take place on August 31 to September 3, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
UNITE HERE Local 11 + WGA West + SAG-AFTRA
What happens when UNITE HERE Local 11, Writers Guild of America West, and SAG-AFTRA decide to throw a street party? And they are joined by LA County Federation Of Labor, Amusement Area Employees Union Local B-192? This is what happens!
LETICIA CEBALLOS
Leticia has two jobs and lives two hours away from her workplace to be able to achieve her dream of home ownership. She has to sleep in her car between jobs and can only see her family on weekends. That’s why she’s on strike.
Third Wave of SoCal Hotel Strikes Hit Hollywood After Industry Proposes Not One Penny More
Southern California: After the hotel industry led by Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott, presented a new economic proposal that did not have one penny more for wages, pension or healthcare, thousands of cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and front desk agents at multiple properties walked out this morning as part of the largest multi-hotel strike in California history.
This is the third in a wave of strikes in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. So far, of the 60 properties with nearly 15,000 hotel workers whose contracts expired at the end of June, only the Westin Bonaventure has reached an agreement with UNITE HERE Local 11 that includes a living wage that will allow workers to afford to live in the city where they work.
The ongoing labor unrest has caused groups such as the Democratic Governors Association, Japanese American Citizens League, W.K Kellogg Foundation and Vanderpump Rules to cancel or move their events.
Yesterday, the bargaining committee sent a letter to the American Political Science Association requesting that the organization cancel its Annual Meeting & Exhibition, which is set to take place on August 31 to September 3, 2022 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More than 6,000 political science professors are expected to attend this citywide conference.
Morena Hernandez, housekeeper at the Hyatt Andaz said, “I have given decades of my life to this hotel and they have done nothing but take advantage of us. If they really valued our work, they would pay us what we needed to be able to live near where we work. Instead they insult us with their proposals.”
Kurt Petersen, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11 said, “Just when you thought it was not possible, the hotels hit a new low in greed and cruelty. Their last proposal would make Ebenezer Scrooge envious and would result in a wave of evictions for hotel workers. Not a penny more for wages, pension or healthcare. Workers cannot afford to pay rent; meanwhile, a room at the Waldorf Astoria clocks in at $1400. Their greed has forced workers to walk out again to win a wage that allows them to live in LA.”
THE SECOND WAVE OF STRIKES
“Thousands of workers at 33 hotels from Downtown Los Angeles to LAX to Orange County have participated in the largest hotel worker strike in California history,” said Kurt Petersen, Co-President UNITE HERE Local 11. “Our city has reached a tipping point. The wealthy continue to live in luxury while workers, from actors and writers to room attendants and servers, live from one paycheck to the next. This fight is ultimately about whether those who make LA prosperous and beautiful will be able to afford to live in LA.”
Picketing and Leafleting Continue as Hotel Workers Return to Work After Second Wave of Strikes
More hotel worker actions on the horizon as entertainment industry strike grows
Southern California: As labor strife consumes the region, thousands of hotel workers at 12 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange County return to work today.
The pandemic destroyed the regions’ most important industries, tourism and entertainment, as most actors, writers, and hotel workers lost their jobs overnight. Meanwhile the employers profited from the pandemic by taking billions of dollars in subsidies and forcing workers to work more for less. Workers are rising up together to demand a living wage that allows them to live in the city in which they work.
Negotiations resume on Tuesday, June 18th. More strikes and other actions by hotel workers could take place at any time.
“Since reopening after the pandemic, hotels began to eliminate daily room cleaning. Our workloads have become brutal and take an even bigger toll on us,” says Rosa Paz, housekeeper for 23 years at the Hilton Anaheim. “We went on strike because we work really hard and deserve better. Through the strike workers from all the hotels are more united than ever. We are ready for anything, inside, outside, at the negotiating table, and won’t settle for less than we deserve.”
Yesenia Reyes, housekeeper at the Hyatt Regency LAX which is owned by the Southwest Carpenters Pension Trust, the pension fund of the Southwest Carpenters’ union says, “I feel more empowered now than ever to continue fighting for a good contract.” She continued, “As a single mom, I rarely get to see my six kids because I work two full time jobs to pay my $2,000 rent and keep up with other expenses.”
“Thousands of workers at 33 hotels from Downtown Los Angeles to LAX to Orange County have participated in the largest hotel worker strike in California history,” said Kurt Petersen, Co-President UNITE HERE Local 11. “Our city has reached a tipping point. The wealthy continue to live in luxury while workers, from actors and writers to room attendants and servers, live from one paycheck to the next. This fight is ultimately about whether those who make LA prosperous and beautiful will be able to afford to live in LA.”
YESENIA REYES
I feel more empowered now than ever to continue fighting for a good contract. As a single mom, I rarely get to see my six kids because I work two full time jobs to pay my $2,000 rent and keep up with other expenses.
ROSA PAZ
Since reopening after the pandemic, hotels began to eliminate daily room cleaning. Our workloads have become brutal and take an even bigger toll on us. We went on strike because we work really hard and deserve better. Through the strike workers from all the hotels are more united than ever. We are ready for anything, inside, outside, at the negotiating table, and won’t settle for less than we deserve.”
SoCal Hotel Strike Wave Moves to OC As More Walk Off The Job
Southern California: This morning, more cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and front desk agents at multiple properties walked out on the second wave of the largest multi-hotel strike in Southern California’s history.
“I am on strike because I welcome hundreds of guests into Anaheim everyday, but I still cannot afford to retire or provide for my family, even though we know the industry is booming,” said Elizabeth Galindo, housekeeper at the Anaheim Hilton. “We are proud to join our sisters and brothers in Los Angeles on strike.”
Hotel workers across Orange County join thousands of hotel workers near LAX who walked out to demand better pay and working conditions on Monday. This marks the second wave of hotel strikes in the region this month. Workers at 21 hotels walked out 4th of July weekend in Downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. So far, only the Westin Bonaventure has reached an agreement with UNITE HERE Local 11 that provides a living wage and vital benefits. 60 properties, covering nearly 15,000 hotel workers, are authorized to strike at any moment.
“Hotel workers across Santa Monica, DTLA, LAX, to Beverly Hills, Anaheim, and Irvine are more united than ever to fight for a contract that allows them to live in the city where they work. Tourism is booming. The region is investing billions in infrastructure. The workers who are the backbone of this industry must have a living wage,” said Kurt Petersen, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11.
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