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CAPITAL & MAIN: When Workers Unite, Even Disney Has to Listen
“It’s difficult to overstate the significance of last week’s final approval of a $233 million settlement between the Walt Disney Co. and the tens of thousands of Disneyland employees whom the company has underpaid for years.
This is a battle that dates to 2018, when Anaheim voters passed a measure — backed by a coalition of unions — that was squarely intended to force the House of Mouse to pay workers something approaching a living wage. Instead, Disney resisted the law for years before finally being held accountable.”
LA TIMES: L.A.’s Original Pantry to reopen with new owner and same workers
“Real estate developer Leo Pustilnikov bought the Original Pantry’s nearly 8,000-square-foot building on James M. Wood Boulevard with the blessing of hospitality union Unite Here Local 11. The union, which represents Pantry workers, inked a deal with Pustilnikov ensuring that the diner would keep union representation and bring back all 25 workers who lost their jobs when it closed in March.”
TORCHED: What LA’s tourism unions just did
“The ruthless greed of Delta, United, and Marriott was matched only by their arrogance,” said Kurt Petersen, Unite Here Local 11’s co-president. “We thank the people of Los Angeles for standing with us. Together, we will not only defend the Olympic wage — we will ensure that the Olympics and Paralympics lift up our city, not line the pockets of greedy CEOs.”
LAist: LA’s $30 minimum wage boost for tourism workers moves forward after an effort to overturn it fails
“A minimum wage boost for tourism workers in the city of Los Angeles is going into effect after the City Clerk announced Monday that a referendum to overturn it failed to gather enough valid signatures.”
LA TIMES: Bid to repeal L.A.’s $30 hotel minimum wage fails to qualify for the ballot
LAist: Powerful union demands ‘New Deal’ for the 2028 LA Olympic Games, threatens to strike
“A powerful hotel workers union and its allies are escalating their demands ahead of the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. They’re asking the International Olympic Committee and private Olympics organizer LA28 to give $5 billion to build housing in Los Angeles.”
LA TIMES: L.A. unions push for ‘New Deal’ ahead of 2028 Olympics
“With the city of Los Angeles set to become a mega sporting events capital of the world — scheduled to host the FIFA World Cup, the Super Bowl, the Olympic and Paralympic Games all in the next few years — labor groups pushed for what they are calling a “New Deal” to get the city and the LA28 Olympics organizing committee to make commitments to improve the lot of working people.”
TORCHED: The coalition that’s threatening to tank the games is growing
“Ever since Los Angeles was awarded the Olympics, the Coliseum has served as the backdrop for city leaders to share their 2028 plans. (Or, as I like to call them, what plans?) This morning, it was time to hear from the people. Squinting in the sun, a crowd of about 200 stood below the rings, waving posters with full-color photos of workers sharing what 2028 looked like to them — union jobs, more housing, an Airbnb ban, a guarantee of safety for immigrant communities as the federal government continued its reign of terror.”
KCAL NEWS: Los Angeles activists demand higher wages as the 2028 Summer Olympics approach
Members of various unions and advocacy groups rallied in support of a $30 per hour Olympic Wage on Thursday ahead of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, calling their campaign a “New Deal for our Future.”
ABC 15 ARIZONA: Union alleges Sky Chefs employee retaliated against for blowing whistle on unsafe conditions
“Unite Here Local 11 says LSG Sky Chefs employee Filiberto Lares was suspended over a “safety issue” and given a warning. The suspension comes just weeks after Lares complained to city leaders that the AC was not properly functioning in their airline-catering trucks and the same day the union organized a protest at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.”