Dispatches From Across the Southland
2nd Annual Worker Justice Tisha b’Av Ritual and Advocacy
We mourn the plight of tourism workers and call on the LA City Council to to pass the Tourism Workers Rising Living Wage Ordinance! On the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, people of all faiths will join together for sacred rituals of mourning and action in solidarity to pass the Tourism Workers Living Wage Ordinance!20 July 2024
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Tisha b’Av Contemplation and Action
CLUE commemorated Tisha b’Av, uniting interfaith and Jewish faith leaders Unite Here Local 11, and community members. It was a powerful experience because it created a space for us to connect the Jewish community’s mourning over tragedies in their history and the world with the struggle for economic justice for hospitality workers. We mourn for theRead…
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Delegation At The Laguna Cliffs Marriott
On July 25, together with UNITE HERE Local 11 and the workers of Laguna Cliffs Marriott, we are demanding a contract with the FIVE PILLARS – a living wage, pensions, healthcare, fair workloads, and union growth. Despite being owned by the University of California Pension Fund, the workers at the hotel currently do not haveRead…
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LA Welcomes Collective
Los Angeles has seen an influx of asylum seekers from Texas since mid-June, with six busloads arriving. The most recent bus, which arrived on July 13, 2023, brought twenty-six people from Venezuela, Mexico, Honduras, and Peru, with over a third of them being children and teenagers aged 17 and under. These arrivals are part ofRead…
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UPDATE: Call for Hiring Black Workers at Laguna Cliffs Marriott
July 20, 2023 On Thursday, July 19, 2023, St. Mark UMC Pastor Gary Bernard Williams testified before the University of California Board of Regents, calling for the immediate hiring of Black and African American workers brought in as temporary workers during the strike by Laguna Cliffs Marriott workers. “A fair living wage, adequate pension, healthcare,Read…
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JULY 2023 NEWSLETTER
July 2023 Newsletter Dear Friends, There’s a lot happening in the organized, connected, interfaith movement for justice. Let’s get you up to date! If you read nothing else, read this: Hospitality Workers Strike Friday, July 21 at 10 AM, join faith leaders across Los Angeles for a rally at the WRead…
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All Saints Church Pasadena
All Saints Church Pasadena hosted workers from the Hyatt Regency for lunch and a rally with parishioners. “In our tradition, we are in a relationship with a brown Jesus that struggled, was overpoliced, and didn’t get the wages he deserved,” Associate Rector Mark Chase said. “He served in a neighborhood where workers didn’t get the wagesRead…
