You have two special opportunities to mark Holy Week in sacred solidarity with hospitality workers continuing to struggle for their rights. MAUNDY THURSDAY: Foot Washing Thursday, March 28, 2024 | 12PM to 1PM | Hotel Maya | 700 Queensway Dr, Long Beach, CA 90802 Join faith leaders in a sacred action on Monday Thursday, as
After years of demanding dignity in the workplace, restaurant employees at the Hotel Figueroa’s restaurants lost their jobs in early February 2024. CLUE has been accompanying them through nonviolent direct action since then. Now we need you to sign on in solidarity asking the Hotel Figueroa and its agents to rehire the workers it unjustly
On Tuesday, February 27th, Santa Monica CLUE members and workers joined together to present a letter from more than 500 CLUE members and faith leaders to the City Council demanding accountability and an investigation into retaliation and unfair labor practices at the Viceroy and Le Méridien Delfina hotels. Before submitting the letter to the Council,
CLUE commemorated Ash Wednesday with laid-off workers from Cafe Figueroa (at Hotel Figueroa) and others from the LA Grand Hotel, who participated in an Occupy-style action at LA City Hall.
It’s not too late to sign the petition to pressure the Santa Monica City Council to respond to November 2023’s Truth Commission hearing.
And workers at 5 more hotels have tentatively settled contracts!
Ash Wednesday, clergy and community members from across Los Angeles joined workers for a lunch break and anointed them with ashes: the ashes are a reminder that we will all return to dust; and the anointing a reminder of our common humanity and desire to live and thrive. This sacred ritual reinforces God’s commitment to
ACTION ALERT: We need your help putting public pressure on the City of Santa Monica to investigate the exploitation of unhoused workers brought in to replace striking workers at Le Meridien Delfina; and company retaliation against striking workers at the Viceroy and Le Meridien Delfina. December 7, 2023 On the heels of a powerful Santa
CLUE celebrated the holidays on the strike lines with hospitality workers continuing to struggle for justice. And we’re thrilled to share their victories with you! Here’s a recap of December and January news to date.
Dear Friends, We’re now in the liturgical season of Advent: waiting for Christmas and the birth of Jesus. But it is more than about counting down the days between now and December 25th: at its foundation, Advent asks us to “recalibrate our hearts and minds for the justice work we are called to do,” as
On Thursday, November 16, 2023 faith leaders, community members, and workers packed in to the basement of St. Augustine-By-The-Sea to listen deeply to stories of violence, exploitation, and retaliation at Santa Monica hotels. To bear witness to the impact of actions by hotel employers. And to commit anew to their righteous fight for
Los Angeles and Santa Monica CLUE leaders continued to take leadership and show solidarity with hotel and hospitality workers in various inspiring ways! By the end of the month, four hotels, the Westin Bonaventure, Millennium Biltmore, Loews Hollywood, and Laguna Cliffs Marriott, had reached a contract agreement with the union. Still, the fight for transformative
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice educates, organizes, and mobilizes the faith community to accompany workers and their families in their struggle for good jobs, dignity, and justice.
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