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For Immediate Release Adan Alvarez 213-977-9400 x 125
June 16, 2015 or (323) 404-5939
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JUNE 16, 2015***
Community and Health Groups Stand With Long Beach Women Against Abuse in Hotel Industry
Broad Coalition Calls for Citywide Action to Address
Sexual Assault and Extreme Workloads in Long Beach Hotels
LONG BEACH, CA – Hundreds of people representing community, domestic violence advocates, faith, and health organizations held a press conference and rally at Long Beach City Hall calling on Long Beach City leaders to take action to address sexual assault and inhumane workloads in Long Beach hotels and their impact on the public’s health...
Christopher Zatarain arrived at the California Coastal Commission meeting at Long Beach City Hall at 8 a.m...
Eleven months after a living wage measure for hotel workers passed in the City of Long Beach, workers at the Hilton Hotel say that the wage increase to $13 an hour has resulted in a reduction of their work hours...
In Delano, they struggled as farmworkers with Cesar Chavez. In Long Beach, they organize as today’s hotel workers and domestic caregivers...
Long Beach community advocates, religious leaders, union organizers and city representatives packed the conference room on the 3rd floor of the Long Beach City Hall this past Monday, April 8...
Jose Landino is a Long Beach hotel worker. He tells VoiceWaves Journalist Wendy Lopez what a healthy Long Beach looks like to him...
Nikole Cababa is a community organizer with the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. Born and raised in Long Beach, she is an active member of the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community, which is working to pass a living wage initiative here in Long Beach. ..