Organizing Campaigns

Los Angeles is a hot bed for some of the most exciting organizing campaigns in the country. At this time over 30,000 port drivers, security officers, hotel workers, construction workers and LAX passenger service workers are fighting to move out of poverty by joining a union. Learn more about these efforts below.

Port Drivers

The Coalition for Clean & Safe Ports is working to strengthen a plan so the Ports will succeed in their goal to create good jobs, safe communities and clean air. To learn more about these efforts please visit www.cleanandsafeports.org

Hotel Workers

Century Coalition Demonstration

Two years ago, the Coalition for A New Century launched a historical campaign to address the poverty wages and working conditions of 3,500 hotel workers at 13 hotels along the Century Corridor, near the Los Angeles InternationalAirport.

The coalition brings together labor organizations, community leaders, and clergy to support worker rights at these hotels, which have typically paid 20% less than other hotels in L.A. despite the healthy revenues they rip from their proximity to LAX.

The campaign on Century Boulevard is part of Hotel Workers Rising, a national effort by UNITE HERE to raise the working standards and wages of thousands of hotel workers across North America.

A large number of workers in the industry are housekeepers who perform dangerous, exhausting, and low-paying work. The majority of hotel housekeepers in Los Angeles are immigrant women of color who are frequently exploited by supervisors, forced to work long hours without breaks and to clean increasing numbers of rooms in very little time. This workload frequently leads to back, knee and shoulder injuries, and due to the lack of adequate health care, many of these workers are forced to choose between putting food on the table and seeking proper medical treatment.

Visit www.hotelworkersrising.org and www.newcenturycoalition.com.