Hope to cancel the minimum wage of $30 per hour for Los Angeles hotel and airport workers City officials said on Monday.
The Los Angeles Tourism, Jobs and Progress Alliance has always wanted to convince voters Abolish the wage regulations It was approved by the city council four months ago. The referendum requires about 93,000 signatures to get the vote, but 9,000 are missing. Statement by temporary city clerk Santos.
Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martínez, a former organizer of the alliance representing hotel staff, appreciated the results.
“This result conveys a clear message to corporate interests in Los Angeles and across the country: Workers can fight and win, no matter how much money is used or misleading to stop us,” he said in a statement.
The committee voted in May to approve a series of wage increases for hotel workers and workers at Los Angeles International Airport each year after a two-year campaign by labor organizers.
Under the ordinance, the hourly minimum wage for these workers will increase to $22.50 in July, then $25 in July 2026, $27.50 in July 2027, and $30 in July 2028, just before the Olympics in Los Angeles, measures were paid once opponents rejected their signatures.
The travel alliance has been awarded from Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and American Hotel & Lodging Assn. The primary financial support was not immediately responded to requests for comment.
Supporters of the Minimum Wage Act called themselves defending wages Los Angeles League, calling Monday’s announcement “a historic victory over some of the world’s largest companies who spent more than $3 million in a campaign to deceive Angelenos that deceived Angelenos, workers mobilized and beat the CEO’s campaign to lower wages.”
“Tourism workers require airlines and hotels to pay now!” the organization said in a statement.
Supporters of the minimum wage of $30 said it would bring significant financial growth to travel workers who have been working to meet the costs of housing, food and other essentials. Opponents warn that this will lead to layoffs in tourism and stop building new hotels in Los Angeles
The ordinance passed is a huge victory for the Western Region serving Local 11 and the International Union of Service Staff, representing hotel and airport workers, respectively. Both groups launched a fierce campaign to convince voters who regretted signing a petition from the conglomerate to withdraw its name later.
Unite also filed complaints here with city and state officials accusing petition loopers of making false statements and false statements to convince voters to support the measure.
Meanwhile, the group that fought against the minimum wage ordinance, with the support of airlines and hotel industry representatives asked the county and district. Atti. Nathan Hochman investigated opponents of the referendum as he worked to eliminate voter support.
Over the past few months, the fight with a minimum wage of $30 has sparked Almighty Voting Measures War Between organized labor and business groups.
A few weeks after the Tourism Alliance submitted its referendum documents, a quartet vote proposal was submitted here Put new regulations on enterprises. One person will need voters to approve various real estate projects, while the other will raise the minimum wage per worker in Los Angeles to $30 in 2028.
Shortly thereafter, business leaders submitted paperwork for another voting measure – this Abolish the city’s business tax. Such a move would divest about $800 million from the city’s general fund budget, which pays police, firefighters and other essential services.
Mayor Karen Bass and other city leaders opposed the proposal, saying it would lead to the Director of Public Safety Services.
