Local 11 members win. A lot. We are more than 32,000 workers across Southern California and Arizona, and we campaign constantly to improve our workplaces, organize new workers, and build power for working people in our communities. Check out these highlights from our union’s recent victories and learn about all the different ways we are getting stronger in a union.
CHECK OUT OUR RECENT UNION HIGHLIGHTS!
NO KINGS PROTESTS IN AZ, OC, AND DTLA!
On March 28, 2026, an estimated 8 million people participated in over 3,300 “No Kings” protests across all 50 U.S. states and in several international locations. Local 11 participated in three protests, in AZ, in OC, and in DTLA! In Los Angeles we gathered signatures For the Overpaid CEOs tax, in Phoenix we teamed with Worker Power and asked people to send a letter to ASU asking them not to pay poverty wages to their cafeteria workers, and in Anaheim our Co-President Ada Briceño addressed the protesters while we collected signatures for the billionaire tax petition.
Check out the pictures here!
Congratulations Spa Workers of the Fairmont Century Plaza!
Congratulations to the 32 Fairmont Century Spa workers—Holistic practitioners, healers, and massage therapist—who have joined our union! Welcome home! ¡And check out this great logo they designed!
BREAKING NEWS: On Eve of Trial, Flying Food Group Admits to Violating Worker Rights, in Settlement of Major Labor Case
In a highly unusual step, Flying Food Group was required to admit that it had violated workers’ federal labor law protections as part of the settlement. The outcome is considered a major victory for workers who have been speaking out about what they have alleged is abusive treatment at work.
To read more, click here.
The day before Flying Food Group workers testified at LA City Council about the fire they experienced in their workplace in January, which coincidentally was the 115th anniversary of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. This fire was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in U.S. history, causing the deaths of 146 garment workers—123 women and girls and 23 men. UNITE HERE is a proud successor union to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the union to which some Triangle factory workers belonged.
12NEWS: ‘Suffocating’: Workers at ASU Panda Express strike, citing unsafe heat conditions after worker hospitalized, union says
Workers at a Downtown Phoenix ASU Panda Express have walked off, citing unsafe heat conditions and urging a state investigation, according to a union complaint.
“It is suffocating”, said Vanessa Martinez, one of the Aramark workers at ASU the complaint was filed on behalf of. “I dread going into work most days. I have asthma flare-ups, and they get worse while I’m cooking. I’ve broken out in hives, and I was hospitalized for dehydration; the heat is just unbearable.”
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Food service workers and students walk the picket lines at ASU
Food service workers at ASU had picket lines throughout their four campuses as they fight for a new contract. They have been protesting for better wages and benefits since last summer. So if you’re heading to class and you run into a picket line, join the workers in their call for a fair contract!
LA TIMES: If SoCal hotels, stadiums host ICE agents, employees can miss work, union says as World Cup nears
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Picketing outside Fox Studios
For the first time in 50 years food service workers picketed outside Fox Studios in Century City demanding a fair contract.
Workers at the Universal Hilton Win their First Union Contract!
SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS IN THEIR CONTRACT FIGHT
Members of Local 11 joined their brothers and sisters from UTLA to demonstrate our support for their contract fight. More than 30,000 people rallied at Grand Park in DTLA, calling on LAUSD to accept a fair contract for teachers, or they will go out on strike on April 14. Also—with so many people around us—we took the opportunity to collect signatures for the Overpaid CEOs initiative. When we fight together, we win!
DODGERS, DON’T GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE!
Several Dodger Stadium workers went outside the Dodger’s Spring Training facility in Camelback Ranch to call on the team to NOT GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE!
Have you heard about the Santa Monica Housing Initiative?
Santa Monica faces a serious shortage of housing working people can actually afford. When the airport closes in 2028, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build affordable housing on the airport land. Ask your organizer how you can get involved!
We Want Our Contract at the Hilton Garden Inn LAX!
Together with members of the LA Federation of Labor, workers at the Hilton Garden Inn LAX—who have won union recognition over a year ago—picketed outside the hotel demanding that management sign their first union contract!
Honoring the DoubleTree by Hilton Ontario Airport Boycott!
Thank you to all all the members of CSEA who pulled out of the DoubleTree by Hilton Ontario Airport—where we are fighting for a union contract—to honor our boycott, and then they joined the workers at the picket line!
Arizona State University Poverty Report Briefing
Arizona State University Food Service Workers were invited to speak at Worker Power’s release of their most recent report that focuses on the working poverty at ASU. Huge shoutout to Victor, Corina, and Ellen who bravely shared their stories with the community.
Second Round of Negotiations at Disney
On the second round of negotiations for Disney workers over two dozen cast members testified for two and a half hours about workplace injuries and unreasonable workloads. The union contract at Disney expired January 30 and covers 2,800 workers.
WORKERS AT THE RESIDENCE INN LONG BEACH GO PUBLIC
Union members, clergy, and community leaders joined the workers of the Residence Inn by Marriott Long Beach as they took the brave step of going public and are asking for a fair process to organize to join the union and bring dignity and respect to their workplace.
Click here to see an album of the delegation. ¡Sí se puede!
CREWS LAX is told to pay workers over a million dollars in retro pay
After nearly 2 years of arbitration, Crews at LAX has been ordered to pay over $1 million to its employees in backpay. According to the contract ordered by the Arbitrator Crews workers wages will rise significantly along with their benefit contributions. Thanks to the perseverance and determination of these workers in their fight for justice and fair wages, they will now benefit from their two year long struggle.