Entries by UNITE HERE Local 11

BREAKING NEWS: In Historic Triumph, Tourism Workers Defeat CEOs’ Multi-Million Dollar Campaign to Overturn Olympic Wage, Law to Go into Effect

Los Angeles, CA: On Tuesday, over a hundred hotel room attendants, cooks, dishwashers, server, airline catering workers and airport workers plan to rally outside Los Angeles City Hall and celebrate the Olympic wage going into effect after the Los Angeles City Clerk announced the deceitful multi-million dollar referendum campaign funded by Delta, United and American Hotel and Lodging […]

CELEBRATING LABOR DAY!

Local 11 members use their unpaid meal breaks on Labor Day to take to the streets with a message of solidarity for ALL workers. From DTLA to San Pedro to Orange County: ICE OUT OF LA! Click here to see more pictures At LAX, FFG workers informed airline passengers of Japan Airlines, ANA, Lufthansa, Qantas, […]

A NEW DEAL FOR OUR FUTURE

Over the next three years, Los Angeles will become the first city to host the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic & Paralympic Games back-to-back, making it the mega-events capital of the world. We are demanding that these mega-events serve our communities and leave a positive legacy. We are calling on LA28 and corporations to […]

LA TIMES: L.A. unions push for ‘New Deal’ ahead of 2028 Olympics

“With the city of Los Angeles set to become a mega sporting events capital of the world — scheduled to host the FIFA World Cup, the Super Bowl, the Olympic and Paralympic Games all in the next few years — labor groups pushed for what they are calling a “New Deal” to get the city […]

TORCHED: The coalition that’s threatening to tank the games is growing

“Ever since Los Angeles was awarded the Olympics, the Coliseum has served as the backdrop for city leaders to share their 2028 plans. (Or, as I like to call them, what plans?) This morning, it was time to hear from the people. Squinting in the sun, a crowd of about 200 stood below the rings, waving […]

BREAKING NEWS: Fair Games Coalition Threatens Protests and Strikes During 2028 Olympic Games, Launches Campaign for New Deal for Our Future Outside LA Coliseum Olympic Torch

Los Angeles, CA: Hundreds of hospitality workers, teachers, grocery store workers, housing groups and other allies gathered at the gates of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the site of the opening ceremonies of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Fair Games Coalition will launch a campaign for a New Deal for our Future to ensure […]