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 [...]

…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 [...]

Holiday Travel Editon
We’d all like to pack our suitcases and hop a flight to Switzerland (or even just San Francisco) for the holidays, but for many of us, “winter vacation” typically translates into “sleep over at Mom and Dad/Grandpa and Grandma’s” . . . you know, at their house in Cerritos. This year, though, for [...]