Phoenix, AZ – Hundreds of food and beverage workers employed by SSP America at Sky Harbor Airport walk out on strike. Cashiers, cooks, bartenders, servers, dishwashers, and baristas from well-known airport eateries, such as Matt’s Big Breakfast, Pita Jungle, Dunkin’ Donuts, and Four Peaks Brewing Co., are on strike for better wages and benefits and […]
Los Angeles: On Wednesday morning, October 25th, thousands of striking hotel workers from 50 hotels gathered and marched through Downtown Los Angeles to protest poverty wages and the hotels’ exploitation of unhoused refugees to replace striking workers. The march comes after a fruitless negotiation meeting last week in which a group of hotel employers presented […]
We are UNITE HERE Local 11 and we are ON STRIKE! Today our strike grows with 6 new workplaces joining the fight in California and Arizona. Today all striking hotels in LA and OC joined together in the streets of DTLA for an massive action.
Los Angeles, CA: After a historic summer of strikes, UNITE HERE Local 11 and Loews Hollywood have reached a tentative agreement. The Loews Hollywood joins the Westin Bonaventure and the historic Biltmore Los Angeles in signing an agreement with their workers. “I am extremely glad we came to an agreement that helps us and the hotel move forward, Maria Camarena, […]
Santa Monica – Today, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced he will launch an investigation concerning hotels’ alleged exploitation of unhoused refugees during recent hotel strikes. District Attorney George Gascón emphatically declared, “We take these egregious allegations with the utmost seriousness. The mistreatment of vulnerable workers and their exploitation will not be tolerated. We will […]