December 14, 2024 BREAKING: Disney has agreed to a $233 million settlement in the Measure L living wage case! As part of the settlement, cast members at the Resort will receive: 100% of their back wages, including overtime payments, minus the usual tax withholdings 10% interest on back wages and overtime pay 100% of 401(k) […]
Monday August 5, 2024 PRESS CONTACT: Maria Hernandez | [email protected] | 623-340-8047 UNITE HERE Local 11 Joins UNITE HERE International Union in Endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for President UNITE HERE Local 11, representing more than 32,000 hospitality workers in the battleground state of Arizona and in Southern California who work in hotels, restaurants, universities, convention centers and airports, is proud […]
Recalcitrant Aimbridge Hospitality, Hotel Figueroa remain focal points of bitter labor dispute Los Angeles: Following the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Hotel Maya Long Beach has signed a tentative contract agreement. In the past week, the Hyatt Place Pasadena, Proper Santa Monica, Proper Downtown Los Angeles, Westdrift Manhattan Beach, Hotel June West LA, and Alsace […]
PRESS RELEASE: 04/18/2024 PRESS CONTACT: Maria Hernandez | 623-340–8047 Long Beach: Hotel Maya workers are prepared to strike during the biggest event in Long Beach, the Acura Grand Prix, if the hotel does not reach an agreement. “My family and I share a small apartment with two other families because we cannot afford anything else. […]
Los Angeles–Today, a laid-off cook, Maria Ibarra, filed a class action lawsuit alleging violations of Los Angeles’s Hotel Worker Retention Ordinance at the Hotel Figueroa where more than a hundred workers have lost their jobs. Located at the corner of Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, the Hotel Figueroa is an iconic […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2024 LA Forward, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Coalition Partners Congratulates Nithya Raman on Her Re-Election The “Neighbors Supporting Nithya Raman for City Council” and “Worker Power for Nithya Raman for City Council” Committees played a critical role in delivering victory. Los Angeles, CA — “Neighbors Supporting Nithya Raman for […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Faith and community leaders in Santa Monica held a “Truth Commission” on November 16 in response to violence against picketing hotel workers at the Fairmont Miramar and the exploitation of unhoused migrant workers brought in to replace striking workers at the Le Meridien Delfina. The event featured 9 Commissioners, including former Los […]
July 5, 2023 SoCal Travel Alert: Picket Lines to Pick Up As Strikers Return to Work After Holiday On the eve of the Fourth of July, while hotel CEOs were toasting record profits at their vacation homes in the Hamptons, in a show of incomparable strength, thousands of cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and […]