July was a busy month for our union! Check out all the highlights below:

WINNING THE OLYMPIC WAGE IN LONG BEACH!

On July 22, the Long Beach City Council voted 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. Thanks to this victory, concessions workers are now at the same wage standard that hotel workers secured when Long Beach voters approved Measure RW, which went into effect just over a year ago. 

You can read more about this Victory here!

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.

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 one year is expected to save the industry more than $114 million, meaning CEOs will have taken this amount of money from workers.
UNITE HERE Local 11 worked with partner unions and organizations to raise awareness among Angelenos of bosses’ attempt to upend the Olympic Wage. More than 121,000 Angelenos submitted forms to revoke their signatures on the bosses’ referendum petition!
We are calling on the LA City Clerk to invalidate the petition altogether.

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 Southern California in the tradition of Civil Rights Movement teachings pioneered by the late Reverend James M. Lawson.
Reverend Lawson had a long history teaching Local 11 leaders the practice of non-violent direct action. We honor him by continuing to follow in his footsteps.
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EVEN MORE UNION VICTORIES!

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.

VICTORY AT THE ANAHEIM CONVENTION CENTER!

Congratulations to Aramark workers at the Anaheim Convention Center who voted to ratify their new contract!

LOCAL 11 AT LA PRIDE!

STRONGER WITH LOCAL 11!

RESOURCES

The UNITE HERE Health Dental Clinic is NOW OPEN! Local 11 members and their eligible family members can now call to make an appointment! To check your eligibility or to learn more, check out the UNITE HERE Local 11 Health Benefit Fund here!

Local 11 members with access to the Legal Fund can now get free, in-person legal consultations at monthly clinics. Get answers from a legal expert about immigration, bankruptcy, family law, estate planning, and more. No cost to you and no appointment needed!

* Upcoming dates for the Legal Clinic *
-> Tuesday, August 26, 10AM-4PM
-> Tuesday, September 30, 10AM-4PM

* Where *
Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai
250 E. 1st Street, Suite 1201
Los Angeles 90012
Questions? Call 213-785-6999