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LA Homeless-in-Hotels Removed From March 2024 Ballot
AHLA | December 6, 2023
WASHINGTON (Dec. 6, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the below statement today after the Los Angeles City Council voted to withdraw from the March 2024 ballot a union-backed measure that would have required all hotels in the city to house homeless people next to paying guests. The ballot measure was proposed by Unite Here Local 11, a union representing Los Angeles hospitality workers. Unite Here agreed to remove the ballot measure under pressure from hoteliers and the LA City Council. “For nearly two years, Unite Here created an atmosphere of dangerous uncertainty for hotel emplo...
Hotel Industry & Union Join to Urge Congress for Aid AHLA, UNITE HERE Call on Congress to Pass ‘Save Hotel Jobs Act’ to Help Hotel Workers
AHLA | April 28, 2021
WASHINGTON – April 28, 2021 – The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) and UNITE HERE, the largest hospitality workers union in North America, today joined forces to call on Congress to pass the Save Hotel Jobs Act. The bill, introduced by U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), provides a lifeline to hotel workers, providing the assistance they need to survive until travel returns to pre-pandemic levels. Chip Rogers, president and CEO of AHLA, applauded Senator Schatz and Representative Crist for introducing this critical legislation to support hotel workers. “Every day, hotels...
Hotels, Labor Union Announce Targeted Industry Relief
AHLA | April 27, 2021
AHLA, UNITE HERE & Representative Crist (D-Fla.) to Join Virtual Press Conference WASHINGTON – April 27, 2021 – On Wednesday, at 11:00 a.m. EST, the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AHLA) president and CEO Chip Rogers along with UNITE HERE president D. Taylor will join U.S. Representative Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) to host a virtual press conference announcing new legislation to provide targeted relief to the ailing hotel industry. The introduction of this critical legislation comes at a time when the hotel industry has lost 10 years of job growth, is shuttering doors and losing employees for good. Leisure and hospita...
Hotel Workers’ Union Analysis Reveals Omni Hotels Took Over $76 Million of Paycheck Protection Program Funds but Failed to Rehire Workers
December 11, 2020
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - December 11, 2020 -A new analysis by UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union, reveals that billionaire-owned Omni Hotels received over $76 million of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, but did not rehire workers at several hotels. The disclosure was included in a letter to the Small Business Administration (SBA) urging an investigation into how one of the PPP’s largest beneficiaries failed to fulfill Congress's intent with the pandemic program. The letter, addressed to SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Justin Muzunich, notes how “The failure of these hotels to rehire t...
