Working For Justice

Justice For Workers

Hotel workers have a 40 percent higher injury rate than other service workers, and out of all hotel workers, housekeepers get hurt most often.

“A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.”

MARTIN lUTHER king, jr

Housekeepers are under pressure to clean too many rooms in too short a time, and then to leave them pristine. This means they don’t take breaks and work off the clock to meet their quotas. Hotel workers also regularly face sexual harassment from guests and colleagues, and when they report it, hotel companies ignore them.

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– Quoted Person

CLUE has been active for decades in unionizing campaigns for hotel workers across Southern California, including in Santa Monica, downtown Los Angeles, Anaheim, and Long Beach, among others. We take part in picket lines, join delegations that meet with management, share workers’ stories from the pulpits of our churches, and conduct dramatic actions to highlight the sacrifices workers and immigrants make to survive in their jobs.

Working For Justice

  • Freedom Cruise Wrap and Next Steps

    Los Angeles, CA – On Thursday, July 3, community members of all kinds from across Southern California will come together in the epicenter of the region to launch a new solidarity movement to pressure local governments and corporations that are wreaking havoc on families and communities. 

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Freedom Cruise Wrap and Next Steps

Los Angeles, CA – On Thursday, July 3, community members of all kinds from across Southern California will come together in the epicenter of the region to launch a new solidarity movement to pressure local governments and corporations that are wreaking havoc on families and communities. 

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DEF Justice – A New Campaign of Economic Resistance

Southern California communities are at a breaking point with families being ripped apart, and threat of irreparable harm from the current administration’s wantonly cruel policies. A new solidarity movement is coalescing to meet the moment and recommit to dignity, equity, and freedom.

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New Living Wage on the Horizon for Long Beach

Hope for Pay Equity for Excluded Long Beach Hospitality Workers Long Beach Airport and Convention Center Workers are one step closer to a new living wage ordinance that will help them achieve parity with hospitality workers in Long Beach who won the highest wage in the nation last year with the passing of Measure RW.

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Defend the Wage!

By Rev. Gary Williams and Rev. Dr. James Thomas It has been said that poverty is the worst form of violence. If so, withholding a living wage from workers who depend on one makes wealthy business owners complicit. This is precisely what members of the airline and hotel industries are doing by funding a ballot

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