“It’s really a place for our members, where they are welcomed and treated with respect,” said Kristin Reeg, director of the health fund at Unite HERE Local 11. “These are people who are not always treated great on the job.”
The hospitality workers union UNITE HERE Local 11 is urging voters to support four candidates for Santa Monica City Council ahead of November’s election — Mayor Caroline Torosis, Rent Control Board member Danny Ivanov, Brett Morrow and Doug Trussler — while explicitly opposing two others, Lana Negrete and Phil Brock. Paid for by UNITE HERE […]
“Who is Los Angeles going to work for? We need a mayor who will stand with the working people who keep this city running and who isn’t afraid to take on powerful corporate interests when they threaten our communities. Nithya Raman will fight alongside our members to protect working families, enforce our laws, preserve our […]
A better pre-Labor Day press conference couldn’t have been scripted. On Tuesday, Unite Here Local 11, one of the most powerful unions in the city, endorsed Nithya Raman for mayor. “Our members know how to fight,” said Unite Here co-president Kurt Petersen, as he stood on a Koreatown corner. “And when you’re in a fight, […]
On September 4, the workers at the Hilton Checkers in downtown Los Angeles filed for a union election with UNITE HERE Local 11. The company responded with an aggressive anti-union campaign. The union has filed unfair labor practice charges alleging that the company threatened that if workers unionized, the hotel could close and workers could […]
Brenda Mendoza, Laundry attendant at the JW Marriott L.A Live, member of UNITE HERE Local 11 said, “For 16 years, I have worked at the JW Marriott in Downtown Los Angeles, but I can no longer afford to live in the city where I was born, raised, and work. I was priced out of Koreatown […]
Los Angeles: The politically powerful labor union, UNITE HERE Local 11 announced its endorsement of the mayoral candidate Nithya Raman who they believe will stand with working families, protect affordable housing and put the needs of Angelenos ahead of powerful corporate interests like Airbnb. Brenda Mendoza, Laundry attendant at the JW Marriott L.A Live, member […]
A worker filed a lawsuit against the Long Beach Yacht Club alleging that she endured sex-based harassment and retaliation while working at the private club. The lawsuit follows a complaint the worker filed with the California Civil Rights Department in April, in which she alleged that the Yacht Club failed to correct the retaliation and […]
Lawsuit alleges the Yacht Club’s executive chef surveilled pregnant employee’s bathroom breaks, publicly humiliated the expecting mother for requesting accommodations, and retaliated against her Long Beach, Calif.: Julianne Perez filed a lawsuit against the Long Beach Yacht Club alleging that she endured sex-based harassment and retaliation while working at the private club. The lawsuit follows […]
Cooks and servers at the Sandbourne Santa Monica finally got a union contract that will give them healthcare, pension and a $10 raise effective immediately. The housekeepers at the hotel got their first union contract in 2019. In that first contract they won partial growth that added the bell department, front desk, engineering and banquets. […]