L.A. hotels hire migrants from Skid Row homeless shelter to replace striking workers. Gascón investigates
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 23일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
Arya Staffing Services - Labour Supplier , US OCG - Other Value Chain Entity , IHG Hotels & Resorts - Other Value Chain Entity , Aimbridge Hospitality - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 베네수엘라 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 콜롬비아 - 알 수 없는 업종 , Gender not reported )토픽들
아동 노동 , 최저임금 , 임금 착취 , 강간과 성적 학대 , 과도한 생산 목표 , 교육권결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, The Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has said an investigation will look at hourly wages, whether over time was paid correctly, whether workers had proper breaks and whether children were used to replace striking hotel workers. The LA Times invited the owners and operators of the three hotels to respond to request for comment but they did not. The Resource Centre invited IHG to respond; its response can be read in full.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 23일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
AV Professional - Labour Supplier , Highgate Hotels - Other Value Chain Entity , Capital Insight - Other Value Chain Entity , Marriott - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 베네수엘라 , 호텔 , Women , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 콜롬비아 , 호텔 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )토픽들
아동 노동 , 임금 착취 , 최저임금 , 과도한 생산 목표 , 강간과 성적 학대결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, The Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has said an investigation will look at hourly wages, whether over time was paid correctly, whether workers had proper breaks and whether children were used to replace striking hotel workers. The LA Times invited the owners and operators of the three hotels to respond to request for comment but they did not. The Resource Centre invited Marriott to respond; it did not.
출처: News outlet
요약
보고된 날짜: 2023년 10월 23일
위치: 미국
기업 페이지
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust - Other Value Chain Entity , Highgate Hotels - Other Value Chain Entity , Marriott - Other Value Chain Entity영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 콜롬비아 , 호텔 , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 베네수엘라 , 호텔 , Men , Unknown migration status ) , Migrant & immigrant workers: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 베네수엘라 , 호텔 , Women , Unknown migration status )토픽들
아동 노동 , 과도한 생산 목표 , 임금 착취 , 정보 접근성 , 식량권 , 강간과 성적 학대결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Journalist; The Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
응답을 포함하는 스토리: (더 알아보기)
시행된 조치: The Los Angeles County District Attorney has said an investigation will look at hourly wages, whether over time was paid correctly, whether workers had proper breaks and whether children were used to replace striking hotel workers. The LA Times invited the owners and operators of the three hotels to respond to request for comment but they did not. The Resource Centre invited Marriott to respond; it did not.
출처: News outlet
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[Venezuelan migrant Norelis] Vargas is among those from Skid Row’s migrant population who have been recruited in recent weeks to work at unionized hotels in Santa Monica and near Los Angeles International Airport where workers have gone on strike. In addition to the Four Points by Sheraton hotel, migrants were hired at the Le Meridien Delfina Santa Monica and the Holiday Inn LAX, according to interviews with migrants employed as temporary workers and organizers with Unite Here Local 11.
Now Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón is launching an investigation into working conditions for migrants hired at hotels based on information brought to him by Unite Here Local 11, which represents workers involved in the largest U.S. hotel strike. Gascón said he is concerned about potential wage theft and violations of child labor law.
“We are going to make sure this is investigated thoroughly. It will be a fair and impartial investigation,” Gascón said at a news conference Monday in front of Le Meridien Delfina.
“If there are violations of the law, there will be severe consequences for this. We want to make sure that our community understands there will be no tolerance for the exploitation of refugees,” Gascón said, citing reporting by The Times on the issue... Unite Here organizer Hannah Petersen, who has been working with the migrants, said some hired at Le Meridien Delfina were among hundreds of migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shipped on buses to L.A. this year as a political stunt meant to harness anti-immigrant sentiment and deride “sanctuary” cities across the country...
Owners and operators of the three hotels did not respond to requests for comment. Real estate investment group Pebblebrook Hotel Trust owns Le Meridien Delfina Santa Monica, and Capital Insight owns Four Points LAX. Highgate Hotels operates both hotels. The Holiday Inn LAX is owned by a subsidiary of Chinese firm Esong Group and is operated by Aimbridge Hospitality...
Eleven people living at the Skid Row shelter confirmed they had been hired at hotels where employees were protesting outside. Most had migrated from Venezuela or Colombia. Many did not provide their names, fearing repercussions.
They described heavy cleaning loads and long hours. Some said they were given no prior information on how much they would be paid hourly, although others said they were told on their first day that they would be paid $19 an hour. Migrant workers said they were not told and did not know the name of the agency that recruited them...