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The Real Scandal at the Oscars Was When Celebrities Crossed a Picket Line
WHOOPSIES: ROSARIO DAWSON LEARNS ABOUT PICKET LINES AFTER CROSSING ONE
A-listers pass protesters and police to attend Jay-Z’s Oscar bash
Jay-Z’s Oscar Gold Party Picketed by Labor Union Outside Chateau Marmont
JAY-Z VS. BOYCOTT CHATEAU MARMONT
While most of Hollywood has shunned the boycotted Chateau Marmont, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Saweetie, and others ignored workers’ struggle for justice and went to Bar Marmont to party.
Despite appeals from workers, fans, and Black clergy, some of Hollywood’s elite callously crossed workers’ Oscar night picket line at the Chateau Marmont. #boycottchateaumarmont
While Most of Hollywood Shuns Boycotted Chateau Marmont, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Saweetie & Others Ignore Workers’ Struggle for Justice
PRESS RELEASE: 03/28/2022
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LOS ANGELES–Last night, Jay-Z’s exclusive Gold Party was held amidst a huge protest of workers, community allies, and prominent Black clergy. The exclusive Oscar night after-party garnered media backlash due to it being held at the Chateau Marmont – the subject of a highly-publicized boycott after firing over 200 workers at the start of the pandemic.
The Chateau Marmont has been embroiled in controversy amid worker protests, two lawsuits by Black women former workers alleging harassment and discrimination, and a growing boycott backed by prominent Hollywood figures and thought leaders including Gabrielle Union, Issa Rae, Samira Wiley, Robin Thede, Quinta Brunson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Roxane Gay, Ashley Nicole Black, Adam McKay, David Sirota and the productions Being the Ricardos and The Offer. The boycott has also been backed by Hollywood unions like Writers Guild of America – West, as well as by civil rights organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) of Southern California.
“We hoped that Jay-Z would do the right thing and move his party. He had every opportunity to do so. But he made it clear what side he was on. He was not on the side of workers, of Black women, of justice for working people. The so-called stars skulking into the party was an insult to the brave workers who have risked everything to win respect and dignity at work. This callous disregard is evidence to everyone that neither Jay-Z, Rihanna, Michael B. Jordan, Zoë Kravitz, nor the Chateau Marmont care about anyone or anything except themselves,” said Kurt Petersen, Co-President of UNITE HERE Local 11.
The boycott calls for Chateau Marmont to demonstrate a commitment to respecting its workers’ years of service by rehiring them in accordance with their legal rights and to ensuring that all workers–regardless of their race, sex, or background–feel treated with dignity and respect.
Among the celebrities who crossed the picket line and went to the Chateau Marmont despite the ongoing boycott were Jay-Z, Michael B. Jordan, Rihanna, Saweetie, Janelle Monáe, Quest Love, DJ Khaled, Zoë Kravitz, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and others.
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