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Hundreds of resort staff in Southern California are on strike forward of the July 4 vacation, asking for higher wages and advantages.
The union, UNITE HERE Native 11, mentioned Sunday that hanging room attendants, bellmen, entrance desk brokers and different resort staff held demonstrations within the downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica areas. It described Sunday’s transfer because the “largest multi-hotel strike” within the group’s historical past.
The group mentioned Monday that staff from the L.A. Grand Resort Downtown joined the strike.
The resort staff represented by the union need “higher wages, healthcare advantages, pensions and protected workloads” and a hospitality workforce housing fund, in accordance with the union. One change they’ve requested for is an “rapid” $5 hourly pay hike, one thing the union has mentioned would go towards assuaging ache brought on by housing prices.
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Pictures posted on social media by UNITE HERE Native 11 confirmed folks carrying indicators with the phrases “on strike” and donning matching crimson shirts. They appeared to reveal in entrance of the Millennium Biltmore Resort, DoubleTree Los Angeles, Courtyard Marriott Santa Monica and another lodges, in accordance with the tweets.
“Our members have been devastated first by the pandemic, and now by the greed of their bosses,” UNITE Right here Native 11 co-President Kurt Petersen mentioned in a press release. “The trade obtained bailouts whereas we obtained cuts. Now, the resort negotiators determined to take a four-day vacation as an alternative of negotiating.”
Keith Grossman, the lead spokesperson for the Coordinated Bargaining Group of over 44 lodges in Southern California, mentioned the strike was “anticipated.”
“We’re totally ready to proceed to function these lodges and to maintain our friends so long as this disruption lasts,” Grossman mentioned in a press release. “We additionally stay accessible to satisfy with the Union each time its leaders determine to make themselves accessible to renew negotiations.”
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The group of lodges mentioned in a press release that its provide included upping hourly pay by $2.50 within the first 12 months and persevering with to supply household well being care and pension contributions. For hourly pay, it has additionally put ahead a $6.25 improve over 4 years.
The expiration date for the contract was over the weekend. The Coordinated Bargaining Group claimed the union wouldn’t put extra bargaining periods on the books forward of that date after calling off one just lately, accusing it of “selecting political and PR stunts and strike preparation over good religion negotiations.”
Hanging resort staff rally exterior the Intercontinental Resort after strolling off their job early Sunday, July 2, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Picture/Damian Dovarganes / AP Newsroom)
The union mentioned just some days earlier than Sunday’s strike that it and Westin Bonaventure, a resort situated in downtown Los Angeles, had agreed to a contract. That resort has 600 unionized staff.
The lengthy weekend that the strike fell on is anticipated to see heavy journey for July 4 celebrations throughout the U.S. Final week, AAA predicted that fifty.7 million folks will journey at the least 50 miles, both by automobile or aircraft, within the June 30 to July 4 timeframe.
Hanging resort staff rally exterior the Intercontinental Resort after strolling off their job early Sunday, July 2, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Picture/Damian Dovarganes / AP Newsroom)
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Los Angeles, a well-liked vacation spot for vacationers, hosted 46.2 million guests over the course of final 12 months, in accordance with the Los Angeles Tourism and Conference Board. Motels within the metropolis bought practically 30 million room nights in 2022, a determine that the group projected will climb to 31 million this 12 months.
