Articles tagged “unite here”

Hotels

Los Angeles Hotel Workers Call Off Strike for Now, Demand for Change Persists

Workers’ solidarity rallies may last for days, weeks or months. But if that would diminish Los Angeles’s reputation as a major tourist destination remains to be seen.

Steve Gorman, Reuters | 5 months ago

Los Angeles Hotel Workers Call Off Strike for Now, Demand for Change Persists

Hotels

IHG Hotel Workers Launch Strike in Los Angeles Right Before July 4

When 96 percent of union members authorize a strike, you know they are feeling a lot of pain as wages haven't kept up with inflation.

Gabriella Borter, Reuters | 5 months ago

IHG Hotel Workers Launch Strike in Los Angeles Right Before July 4

News Blog

Los Angeles Becomes One of the First U.S. Cities to Mandate Daily Hotel Room Cleaning

Los Angeles City Council has adopted a bunch a hotel workers protection measures, undoing some of the changes that happened during the pandemic such as foregoing daily hotel room cleaning. These measures come after intense lobbying and ad campaigns from the largest U.S. hotel union Unite Here. Most hotels in the city will be required…

Rafat Ali | 1 year ago

News Blog

Hotel Workers Want Guests to Demand Daily Room Cleaning in New Ad Campaign

The daily hotel room cleaning is now an innocent relic of our pre-covid days, that much is certain. Among the many ramifications beyond the lower expenses for hotels is that the cleaning staff is now getting paid less, for less work. And when they do clean the rooms after a guest's stay, because they haven't…

Rafat Ali | 2 years ago

Short-Term Rentals

Airbnb Regulatory Fixer to Depart, Leaving Controversial Legacy

Under Chris Lehane, Airbnb has often irritated and outraged local government leaders and short-term rental peers. But as we know about negative campaigns and hardball tactics, they often get results.

Dennis Schaal | 2 years ago

Coronavirus

Why Do These Hotel Union Workers Oppose Industry Efforts to Get $20 Billion in Federal Relief?

The American Hotel & Lodging Association and Unite Here can't do the silent treatment and wish away the dissent of one of the labor union's largest chapters. A disunited front — along with a strong summer travel season — gives Congress an easy way to reject the $20 billion pitch for targeted hotels relief.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Why Do These Hotel Union Workers Oppose Industry Efforts to Get $20 Billion in Federal Relief?

Coronavirus

Hotel Union Wants to Hold Industry Accountable With Its Own Health and Safety Grading System

The hotel industry needs a third-party verification system for the litany of new Covid cleaning and safety measures. In a crowded field of privatized competitors, it isn't clear if Unite Here Local 11's will become the industry standard — but hotel guests and workers should welcome its transparent approach.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotel Union Wants to Hold Industry Accountable With Its Own Health and Safety Grading System

Hotels

Airbnb Sets Up Clash With Expedia Over Number of Legal Rentals in San Diego

Room for a compromise seems to have emerged between Expedia, Airbnb, a hotel union, and the city council over short-term rental limitations in San Diego although bad blood looks to exist between Airbnb and Unite Here Local 30. Going it alone with a referendum doesn't seem like a viable stance for Airbnb.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 3 years ago

Airbnb Sets Up Clash With Expedia Over Number of Legal Rentals in San Diego

Coronavirus

Hotel Union Unite Here Says Mask Mandates Aren’t Enough for Worker Safety

Unite Here's push to maintain housekeeping services on a daily basis at hotels could protect many jobs. But cash-strapped hotel owners may not have the finances to make it work until demand returns.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotel Union Unite Here Says Mask Mandates Aren’t Enough for Worker Safety

Coronavirus

What the Boss of the Most Devastated Union in Travel Has to Say About the Future

Hoteliers are expected to rely heavily on technology to run properties in the coronavirus recovery, but Unite Here expects heightened cleaning standards will usher in a need for more workers. Cost-cutting for near-term survival may delay the opportunities the labor movement desires.

Cameron Sperance, Skift | 4 years ago

What the Boss of the Most Devastated Union in Travel Has to Say About the Future