Westin hotel workers to get $11.25 raise under new ‘life-changing’ contract
Workers voted unanimously to ratify the contract agreement, which also includes staffing level guarantees and a retirement plan.
After months of negotiations and a strike last month, hotel workers at the Westin Long Beach unanimously ratified a new contract that will increase their pay by 60% over the next three and a half years.
Unite Here Local 11, which represents more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona, announced the ratification Friday, with Westin housekeeper Juana Melara saying there were “tears of joy” at the ratification vote.
“We are so excited. We fought so hard. We picketed and struck and organized actions to show we will not stop until we get what we deserve,” Melara said in a statement. “And now we have won a life changing agreement.”
