At two other hotels, union members began striking Thursday to protest worker discipline that they contend was strike retaliation. Hotel workers have been walking off the job intermittently, a few days at a time, ever since the Fourth of July weekend, as contracts expired for more than 15,000 hotel workers at some 60 properties. In Los Angeles, hotels are doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming,” the letter reads. The downtown Los Angeles hotel is part of Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe initiative, which seeks to dismantle homeless encampments and bring people indoors. The conference is scheduled to take place Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and the JW Marriott Los Angeles LA Live and expects to bring nearly 6,000 academics to the city.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 04, 2023 21:34 UTC