November 7, 2012 | By Wesley Lowery | Los Angeles Times

A union-backed living wage measure for Long Beach hotel workers passed with more than 60% of the vote in Tuesday's election -- the third hotel worker living wage measure to pass in California.

With all precincts reporting, 63.22% of voters favored Measure N, which requires nonunionized hotels with more than 100 rooms to pay all workers at least $13 an hour, according to the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder/clerk's office.

By Sarah Jaffe, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, In These Times

During election season, we constantly hear candidates paying lip service to freedom as the highest American ideal. What we almost never hear, however, is a real discussion of the place most Americans have their freedoms curtailed: the workplace.

For example, look at the Hyatt Andaz hotel in West Hollywood, California. The hotel housekeepers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 11, have filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over an electronic tracking system used to monitor their productivity.

By Erin ODonnell on October 24, 2012 - Real Food. Real Jobs.

Today we celebrate the second annual Food Day, a national day of action celebrating the movement toward a more healthy, affordable, and sustainable food system. A core priority of Food Day is to better “support fair working conditions for food and farm workers,” and food workers across the country are standing up to do just that.

LOS ANGELES, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 -- Employees of the Holiday Inn LAX walked off the job in a one-day strike, protesting the firing of two outspoken workers. Workers will picket and be available for interviews outside the hotel until 7 pm tonight. Photos available for reuse here.