WELCOME TO THE UNION
Congratulations to workers at Desert Diamond Arena, Hudson at Sky Harbor Airport, Talking Stick Resort Amphitheater, Ontario Convention Center, and Toyota Arena workers on joining the union!
BREAKING NEWS: ANTI WORKER CAMPAIGN TO OVERTURN THE OLYMPIC WAGE FAILS OUTRIGHT QUALIFICATION
The Los Angeles County Registrar announced it will conduct a full count of the signatures gathered by the CEO-backed campaign, after completing an initial sample count.
Their failure to qualify outright is due in large part to the unprecedented efforts of workers and community to educate voters and collected signature withdrawals. Thank you to everybody who worked so hard to get us to this point!
A record of more than 120,000 Angelenos submitted forms to revoke their signatures on the referendum petition when they learned the petition would actually upend the Olympic Wage.
We’ll keep you updated when the full results are available in September!
PRESS-TELEGRAM: Long Beach Convention Center, airport, amphitheater workers to receive ‘Olympic wage’ increases
“This is something that we’ve been working on for a couple of years now, and it’s very significant,” said Ada Briceño, co-president of Unite Here Local 11, the labor union representing concession workers. “It’s going to change lives for hundreds of workers in the airport, in the Convention Center, and in the new amphitheater. We’re quite happy with what’s transpiring.”
IT’S OFFICIAL! LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL PASSES THE OLYMPIC WAGE!
The Long Beach City Council had a final vote to raise the wage for concession workers at the airport and convention center to $29.50/hour by the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028. The policy extends protections to future workers at the Long Beach Bowl, a highly anticipated waterfront venue adjacent to the Queen Mary that will be the second-largest outdoor amphitheater in L.A. County.
Thanks to this victory, concession workers are now brought up to the same wage standard that was won by hotel workers when Long Beach voters approved Measure RW, which went into effect just over a year ago.
This victory was only made possible through our broad coalition of 75 local community organizations, 206 small businesses, and thousands of voters who overwhelmingly passed higher wages for our Long Beach tourism workers through Measure RW.
COMPASS WORKERS ON STRIKE!
Workers at the DreamWorks Animation Studios Cafeteria Operated by Compass Group Subsidiary went ON STRIKE!! Workers have been fighting for better wages, healthcare, and other benefits since last year.
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.
