NO POVERTY HOTELS IN OAKLAND

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When:
May 4, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
2016-05-04T17:30:00-07:00
2016-05-04T20:00:00-07:00
Where:
Oakland City Hall
Broadway & 14th St
Oakland, CA 94612
USA

Almost 40 East Bay hotel and food service workers flooded City Hall last week to tell the City Council that we don’t need poverty-wage hotels in Oakland – we need good jobs that support workers, families and communities of color. The workers will be back at City Hall tomorrow night – stand with them!

This winter, employees at the Holiday Inn Express on Hegenberger complained that their bosses were breaking Oakland’s minimum wage law. The City of Oakland investigated and issued a report showing many violations, and ordered the owners to pay back wages and a $5,000 fine.

But the very next month, the City gave the Holiday Inn Express owners a permit to open a new Hampton Inn in Chinatown.

Local 2850 appealed that decision, and our appeal will be heard by the Planning Commission tomorrow night. Please come out and show the City that our community has low-wage workers’ backs. This is our chance to support development that supports our community, and stop a project from hotel owners with a history of mistreating low-wage workers.

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