Entries by Daria Ovide

LAX Airport Workers Rally as LA City Council President Attempts to Lower Wages and Give Break to Airlines

In a shameful move, Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced legislation to take money from hard-working Angelenos and give the trillion-dollar airline industry a break Airport workers at LAX who are members of SEIU-United Service Workers West and UNITE HERE Local 11 are sounding the alarm after Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a […]

UNITE HERE Local 11 and the Irvine-Laguna Wildlife Corridor

UNITE HERE Local 11 applauds Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. for partnering with the company designing the wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway north of Los Angeles. As a Charter Partner, Local 11 proudly collaborates on the work to complete the Irvine-Laguna Wildlife Corridor, a project of Laguna Greenbelt that links the south coastal wilderness of Orange […]

FOX 11: Airline catering workers stage protest near LAX

Hundreds of airline catering workers shut down a major entrance to LAX on Monday, blocking Century Boulevard and forcing some travelers to abandon vehicles and walk during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. Workers allege unsafe working conditions, broken equipment, locked doors that create fire hazards, and unfair wages. According to union leaders representing […]

Thanksgiving Travel Alert: Hundreds of LAX Airline Catering Workers Call on City of L.A. to Hold Serial Lawbreaker Flying Food Accountable

Workers submit CalOSHA complaints alleging unsafe working conditions at Flying Food Group; company has previously been cited for safety and minimum wage violations As tens of thousands of flights were scheduled out of LAX for the Thanksgiving holiday on Tuesday, the workers who prepare, package & deliver meals onto some of those flights called on […]

Local 11 Endorses a Labor Champion for the Environment: Dr. Rocio Rivas for LAUSD Board District 2

Dr. Rivas chairs the Greening Schools and Climate Resilience Committee of the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education, a group that researches and proposes what the District needs to create sustainable, healthy, resilient, and equitable learning environments. What the Committee is doing: Sustainability, Design, and Construction of High Performance Schools Allow Use of Solar Power […]