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of Nine Luxury Hotels as Contentious Labor Talks Continue |
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| Los Angeles -- November 10, 2004 - Elected officials, community groups
and clergy vow to honor request "to avoid eating, meeting or sleeping"
at hotels in labor dispute to put financial pressure on the Hotel Employer�s
Council, comprised of nine luxury hotels in the city. Until date, without
a boycott announcement, hotels have lost approximately $1 million dollars
since the labor dispute began last Spring.
The hotels affected by the boycott are: Millennium Biltmore, Bonaventure, Hyatt Regency, Wilshire Grand, Regent Beverly Wilshire, Century Plaza, St. Regis, Hyatt West Hollywood, and the Sheraton Universal. Housekeepers, cooks, servers, dishwashers, bellmen, front desk and PBX workers are calling for a boycott of the nine luxury hotels of the L.A. Hotel Employer�s Council after six months of threats and intimidation, the fear of an employer lockout, and termination of the workers' union contract. Employers want workers to back down from their demands for: humane workloads, employer paid health insurance, livable wages and access to hotel jobs for the African American community. Elected officials pledging to boycott hotels due to the on-going labor dispute include: Council members Alex Padilla, Jan Perry, Martin Ludlow, Antonio Villaraigosa, Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, and Senator Richard Alarcon. |
| Contact:
UNITE HERE Hilda M. Delgado-Villa 213-381-5611 ext. 23 |