Hotel workers are on strike in Los Angeles as thousands of tourists, wedding guests and visitors have arrived in the city over the Fourth of July holiday.
Tag: Hotels and Travel Lodgings
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Los Angeles Hotel Workers Go on Strike
The strike is part of a wave of recent labor actions in the nation’s second-largest metropolis, where high costs of living have made it difficult for workers to stay afloat.
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Korean Youth Hostel Once a Site of Interrogation and Torture
A building where South Korean dissidents were interrogated and tortured by a powerful government agency is now home to a popular youth hostel.
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Inside the New Yowie Hotel in Philadelphia
Shannon Maldonado quit her job in fashion design to open a home-goods store, Yowie. Now she’s opening a Yowie hotel where nearly all the décor is for sale.
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Vermont’s Homeless Are Forced From Hotels When Pandemic Aid Ends
The state has begun emptying hotels of about 2,800 homeless people living there as part of a pandemic-era program — and offering them tents — after federal funding ran out.