Workers struggling with higher expenses called the wage proposal a matter of survival. Business owners warned they would scale back operations or shut down.
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to hike the minimum wage for more than 23,000 tourism workers, handing a huge victory to labor unions whose members have struggled to keep up with the rising cost of food, rent and other expenses. On a 12-3 vote, council members instructed City Atty. Hydee Feldstein-Soto to draft the legal language needed to push those wages to a minimum of $30 per hour by July 2028, just as the city hosts the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Some hotel owners said they are rethinking their participation in room block agreements needed for the Olympic Games, while others said they are looking at closing their dining operations. Lightstone Group, which owns the 727-room Moxy + AC Hotels near the city's Convention Center, said the wage proposal could result in the closure of Level 8, a collection of restaurants on the hotel's eighth floor. Level 8 is already struggling to cover the $20.
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