UNITE HERE Local 11
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UNITE HERE Local 11 is the union of more than 32,000 workers in hotels, restaurants, airports, sports arenas & convention centers in So. California & Arizona.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined February 2012
Long Beach City Council voted 5-1 to approve the 1st of 2 readings that would include Airport and Event Center workers in the Olympic and Paralympic Wage. #sisepuede
HAPPENING NOW: Workers & community are calling on the Long Beach City Council to expand Measure RW to cover workers at the Long Beach Airport and Convention and Entertainment Center.
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HAPPENING NOW: Workers & community are calling on the Long Beach City Council to expand Measure RW to cover workers at the Long Beach Airport and Convention and Entertainment Center.
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Tourism workers at LA City Hall this morning to demand that anti-worker referendum led by greedy CEOs be tossed!. Today is when workers were to receive first raise from Olympic Wage. #DefendTheWage
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Los Angeles Hotel Owners in Revolt Over $30 Minimum Wage - WSJ by @KCarliniKing
wsj.com
They are seeking to suspend a city ordinance requiring what union leaders say is the nation’s highest minimum wage.
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Thirty elected officials sign a letter opposing referendum on Olympic wage ordinance via @ladailynews.
dailynews.com
The LA Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress filed a referendum petition to overturn the Olympic wage ordinance. To qualify for the 2026 ballot, they must submit 93,000 valid signatures by the en…
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🧵Karla Griego, Nikki Perez, Salvador Melendez, @JorgelChavezD, Jessica Ancona, @Chelsealeebee, Mayra Aguiluz, @ctorosis, @lizfromsela, Mary Solorio, @JohnEricksonWH, and Arturo Flores.
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🧵⬇️ @isaacgbryan, @AsmMikeGipson, @AsmMuratsuchi, @VoteNickSchultz, @AsmPilarSchiavo, @AsmValencia, @cd1losangeles, @CD13LosAngeles, @CurrenDPriceJr, Rocio Rivas .
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🧵⬇️ Leaders like @SenMariaEDurazo, @HildaSolis, @SashaReneePerez, @SenatorMenjivar, @SenGonzalez33, @AsmSadeElhawary, @AsmTinaMcKinnor, @Lola_Smallwood @MarkJGonzalezLA, Celeste Rodriguez
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🧵⬇️Pressure mounts on @AGRobBonta and @CityAttorneyLA as over 30 elected sign Letter demanding hotels and airlines cease deceitful conduct in their anti-living wage referendum campaign in LA
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The new wages will go into effect following this schedule:. $23 an hour upon adoption of the final reading of the ordinance.$25 an hour beginning July 1, 2025.$26.50 an hour beginning July 1, 2026.$28 an hour beginning July 1, 2027.$29.50 an hour beginning July 1, 2028.
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"Organizers w/ labor rights group Long Beach for a Just Economy (LBJE) & Unite Here Local 11, the union that represents Long Beach Airport and Convention Center workers, argued that this exclusion would push employers to hire more temporary workers to avoid paying higher wages.".
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"After nearly two years of labor negotiations and grassroots campaigns, Long Beach’s airport and Convention Center concession workers have received increases to their wages — including temporary workers." .
sigtrib.com
Long Beach’s airport and Convention Center concession workers have received increases to their wages — including temporary workers.
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"If workers in the Trump era are to win additional protections and higher wages, it’s clear that this is going to come out of city- and state-level fights, such as the one around the Olympic Wage in Los Angeles, rather than from federal actions.".
thenation.com
If there is a silver lining, it is that blue states and municipalities are doubling down on protecting workers.
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Today is a reminder that we must continue to fight for justice and equality every single day.
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RT @suhaunah: Unite Here Local 11 launched filed paperwork for two ballot measures, escalating fight over L.A.’s tourism worker wage hike.….
latimes.com
Unite Here Local 11 filed paperwork for a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage for all workers in the city of Los Angeles to $30 by July 2028.
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Today we remember Andres Guardado, who was shot 5 times in the back and killed by LA County Sheriffs in 2020. UNITE HERE Local 11 remains in deep solidarity with Andres's father Cristobal and the entire Guardado family. Justice for Andres!
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Proud to support LA County Sup @HildaSolis's motion to assess the financial impact on—& provide additional resources to—immigrant families and business hurt by ICE raids & the federal militarization of our streets. An injury to one is an injury to all #heretostay
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