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Employees at Eagle’s Glendale Hilton have been asking hotel management to remain neutral about their consideration of union representation since September of 2005. Over 75% of employees at the Glendale Hilton signed a petition asking the management to remain neutral, but management has refused.
Glendale Hilton employees are organizing for dignity and fairness. Glendale Hilton employees complain of poverty-level wages and monthly co-pays of more than $200 for family medical coverage. Working conditions are also a problem. In November 2005, four Glendale Hilton employees filed a class action lawsuit against the hotel, claiming that they were not paid for overtime work or granted rest breaks as required by state labor law.
After a five-month investigation, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) filed a complaint in May of 2006 against the Glendale property. The complaint stated that hotel managers threatened, interrogated, and conducted surveillance of the hotel’s workers. The hotel denied the charges and entered into a settlement agreement. However, the settlement agreement has been put on hold pending investigation of new charges against the hotel.
Eagle's Glendale Hilton is now the site of a visible labor dispute:
- employees hold frequent picket lines;
- a boycott of the property was declared in April, 2006;
- the California State Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations held an informational hearing on June 9, 2006 in response to the situations at the Glendale Hilton and another Los Angeles hotel, and;
- according to a May 4, 2006 Los Angeles Times article, "a coalition of unions and advocacy groups that organized the recent marches for immigrant rights in Los Angeles has decided to champion the Glendale case as an example of how immigrant workers are treated."
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