Worker Justice

2nd Annual Worker Justice Tisha b’Av Ritual and Advocacy

20 July 2024

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!

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400 USCIS Workers in Laguna Niguel are Threatened

12 July 2024

URGE THE DIRECTORS TO STOP THE LAYOFFS At the intersection of immigration and economic justice sits the US Citizenship and Immigration California Service Center in Laguna Niguel. Right now, the Department of Homeland Security is preparing to close that office and lay off 400 employees, many of whom have been working there for decades. Highly

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May 2024 – Sacred Solidarity Scoreboard in the Hospitality Workers Campaign

5 July 2024

CLUE was honored to join unions, immigration justice advocates, and community from across LA for the annual May Day march in Los Angeles! Celebrating the incredible accomplishments of last year’s Summer of Solidarity including the Hollywood strikes, we came together to continue fighting for worker justice, housing and citizenship for all, and peace!

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April 2024 – Sacred Solidarity Scoreboard in the Hospitality Workers Campaign

5 July 2024

As we move through April 2024, we want to share some great news and the continued struggle. See our March solidarity scoreboard for previous month’s victories. Santa Monica Workers Parade On April 12, CLUE members joined hands with hospitality workers at the Santa Monica Workers Parade, standing together in solidarity for justice. This powerful event

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Call for Boycott of Hotel Figueroa

8 March 2024

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

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February 2024 – Sacred Solidarity Scoreboard in the Hospitality Workers Campaign

15 February 2024

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!

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A Powerful Action to Begin the Season of Lent

15 February 2024

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

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