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    California SEIU president out of hospital, in custody after immigration protest

    June 9, 2025 // Federal agents arrested Huerta on Friday for allegedly interfering with law enforcement activity as he and members of SEIU California, SEIU-United Service Workers West and immigrant advocacy and labor groups protested immigration raids that took place around downtown Los Angeles earlier that day.

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    Businesses seek to overturn hotel and airport wage hikes by forcing a citywide election

    May 30, 2025 // Under the city's laws, hotel and airport workers have minimum wages that are higher than those who are employed by other industries. The hotel minimum wage, approved by the council in 2014, is currently $20.32 per hour. The minimum wage for private-sector employees at LAX is $25.23 per hour, which includes a $5.95 hourly healthcare payment. For nearly everyone else in L.A., the hourly minimum wage is $17.28, 78 cents higher than the state’s. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

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    San Diego labor unions calling on city to mandate $25 minimum wage for service workers

    May 2, 2024 // The move to lift the hourly wages of those working in San Diego’s service industry is being led by a coalition of three unions — Unite Here; the janitors’ union, SEIU-USWW; and the stagehands’ union, IATSE 122 (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).

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