Posts Tagged ‘coalition for good jobs and healthy communities’

MIKE MURCHISON: HOTEL WORKERS MAY BE DEMANDING CHANGE, BUT THEY AREN’T FROM LONG BEACH

August 13, 2008

Beware of outside agitators!
As reported previously, Long Beach hotel workers have recently protested against low pay and elusive health benefits.  Their complaints are not unfounded: pay in the Long Beach hospitality sector is well below the national average.  The workers are supported by the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and Healthy Communities–which has argued [...]

HOTEL WORKERS VS. THE HOSPITALITY ALLIANCE: SOME OF THE NUMBERS

August 1, 2008

…and the sobering implication: if you want to make decent money, don’t work in Long Beach.
Earlier this month, Long Beach hotel workers and community activists held a march to protest low wages and a lack of benefits in the hospitality industry.  The march–organized by the newly-formed Coalition for Good Jobs and Healthy Communities–began at the [...]

 

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