Los Angeles Hospitality Workers Win Olympian Pay Raise Hotel industry predicts financial ruin, but data shows a $30-an-hour minimum wage will stabilize the city’s tourism ecosystem. Capital & Main · May 20, 2025
If the American Dream Means Hard Work Leads to Getting Ahead, Most Californians No Longer Believe It Seventy percent of the state’s residents think kids in the state will be financially worse off than their parents. Capital & Main · Dec 11, 2024
A hotel worker's 3-hour commute tells the story of LA's housing crisis and her strike Long commutes are a key reason why LA hotel workers have been on rolling strikes since early July. And they have a unique solution for hotels to help them. WEKU · Oct 15, 2023
The Truth About the Los Angeles Hotel Workers’ Strike Despite recent wins, union members still can’t afford to live anywhere near where they work. Capital & Main · Jul 11, 2023
LA hotel workers back on the job but say more strikes to come LOS ANGELES — Thousands of service workers at 19 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties returned to work Wednesday after three days of strikes over the busy Fourth of July weekend. Los Angeles Times · Jul 5, 2023
‘Not able to live’: California hotel employees talk overwork, long commutes, betrayal Thousands of Southern California hotel workers took to picket lines Sunday, wearing red union T-shirts and chanting for others to join their fight for better wages and benefits in a region they say has become increasingly unaffordable. Los Angeles Times · Jul 3, 2023
L.A. Hotel Workers Fight an Uphill Battle to Live Where They Work Making developers who stoke the housing crisis repair the damage they’ve done. Capital & Main · Feb 2, 2023