Members of the regional hospitality workers union, UNITE HERE Local 11, gathered to protest Monday in front of the JW Marriot Le Merigot after the National Labor Relations Board filed charges against the hotel’s management company, Columbia Sussex. The NLRB…
A national anti-union organization took aim at UNITE HERE Local 11, the regional hospitality workers’ union earlier this month, spurring responses from Santa Monica leaders. “I’m a big believer in the role labor unions can play in addressing the great…
Workers at Santa Monica’s Le Merigot hotel filed a complaint Wednesday with the California Labor Commission, alleging thousands of dollars in lost wages and rest and meal-break violations. According to a press release issued Thursday by UNITE HERE Local 11,…
Workers from the Santa Monica Doubletree hotel will celebrate with activists, community leaders, and elected officials Tuesday at City Hall after voting to join the local the hospitality workers union, UNITE HERE Local 11. The celebration is the culmination of…
At a protest Monday, hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, the regional hospitality workers’ union, gathered to demand the City Council act to protect about two dozen workers who lost their jobs when the restaurant Typhoon on city-owned…
Staff at two new Downtown Santa Monica hotels will join the local hospitality workers union after the 70 workers voted to unionize, a vote which was recognized by hotel management last week. A majority of the 70 workers at the new…
Three employees of the Shore Hotel in Santa Monica have been compensated nearly $100,000 in back pay as part of a settlement of a complaint filed by the General Counsel’s Office of the National Labor Relations Board last year. “In…
