Entries by UNITE HERE Local 11

PHOENIX HEAT & SAFETY ORDINANCE

Earlier this month, Sky Chef workers testified to Phoenix City Council that their employer didn’t have working air conditioning units in their trucks. Workers driving to the airport to deliver food for flights, sit in 100+ degree heat sometimes for hours. Check out the full story at the link in our bio.

LA NON-VIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TRAINING

On July 10th, the labor movement gathered over 1,400 workers, clergy members, and other justice allies to participate in a Nonviolent Direct Action Training. The LA Federation of Labor, UNITE HERE Local 11, UCLA Labor Center, CLUE, UFCW, AFSCME, SEIU, UAW, and other unions are taking on the role to train activists from all over […]

Improvements to the UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund

The UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund (formerly Santa Monica UNITE HERE Health Benefit Fund) is making several key changes to improve services and accessibility for participants. Beginning August 1, 2025, the Fund will be making some big changes to how we serve our participants. We’ve been working over the last year to improve fund […]

DEFEND THE WAGE

For over two years, tourism workers fought to pass the Olympic Wage in Los Angeles. The bosses launched a multimillion dollar campaign to overturn the law, with top funding from Delta Airlines, United Airlines, and American Hotel and Lodging Association. A hotel industry lobbying group has boasted to its members that delaying implementation for just […]

BREAKING NEWS: Defend the Wage LA Coalition Demands City Clerk Invalidate Referendum Petition to Overturn the Olympic Wage

LOS ANGELES: The Defend the Wage LA Coalition, which includes UNITE HERE Local 11, SEIU-United Service Workers West (USWW), and LAANE, is calling on the City Clerk to throw out the referendum to overturn the Olympic Wage based on allegations of the campaign’s brazen deception of voters, violence, and other gross misconduct. The referendum campaign, funded by […]

PRESS RELEASE: Pressure Mounts on California Attorney General Bonta and Los Angeles City Attorney Feldstein Soto as Over Thirty Elected Officials Sign Letter Demanding Hotels and Airlines Cease Deceitful Conduct in their Anti-Living Wage Referendum Campaign in LA

Los Angeles, CA: Over thirty elected officials, including State Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez, Senators Maria Elena Durazo and Lola Smallwood Cuevas, Assembly Majority Whip Mark Gonzalez, and Assemblymembers Isaac G. Bryan, Tina McKinnor, Mike Gipson and Avelino Valencia sent a letter today demanding that airline and hotel CEOs stop funding the deceitful campaign to overturn the Olympic […]

PRESS RELEASE: Hospitality Union Files Initiative Petitions to Raise LA Minimum Wage to $30/hour for All Workers and Require Voter Approval of Hotel and Event Center Subsidies

Los Angeles, California. Representatives of the hotel workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 11, submitted paperwork late Monday with the Los Angeles City Clerk to file two voter initiatives. The first initiative would boost the citywide minimum wage to $25.00 an hour initially and raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour on July 1, 2028, when the Olympics and […]