Business and Hotel Workers Announce Victories on Century Blvd.

On Monday April 13th the Radisson LAX will become the fourth hotel on the LAX corridor to sign a union contract. Of the five hotels that were part of UNITE HERE's Local 11 Hotel Worker Rising campaign, only the LAX Hilton remains non-union. Three other hotels have signed union contracts covering nearly 1000 workers and their families, providing living wages, guaranteed significant wage increases, and free or affordable health insurance. The LAX Hilton remains under boycott.

In the middle of the deepest economic recession in this country in 50 years, the Radisson LAX hotel will sign a union contract that guarantees substantial wage increases and benefits, including free family health insurance to workers. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl will join community leaders to congratulate hotel workers on their victory and applaud the hotel for doing the right thing in these tough economic times. Hotel workers from the Sheraton Gateway, Four Points LAX, and Westin LAX will also join the Radisson LAX workers to celebrate.

The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy estimates that over the life of the contract the economic benefit to the local businesses, grocery stores and restaurants from these Union contracts will be in the millions of dollars. "In this recession, the best economic stimulus is a union contract," says Councilman Bill Rosendhal.