DELAY SOUGHT IN HOTEL WAGE PLAN VILLARAIGOSA SAYS MORE DEBATE NEEDED.Byline: RICK ORLOV Orlov (Орлรณв) is the name of a Russian noble family which produced several distinguished statesmen, diplomatists and soldiers. The family first gained distinction in the person of four Orlov brothers, of whom the senior was Catherine the Great's Staff Writer Under pressure from the business community, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. has made a rare request to the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. ,
asking it to delay a decision on extending a ``living-wage''
ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation.An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been to Century Boulevard hotels operators. While Villaraigosa said he personally supports the proposal, he also sought more hearings to ensure that the ordinance is limited to hotels in the area that benefit from their proximity to Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX . ``I believe that the protections established by these ordinances are fair and essential for the affected hotel workers and the health of the hotel industry overall. I also believe that it is important for both the business and labor communities to have full confidence that they had a fair voice in an open and robust public process,'' Villaraigosa said in a letter sent this week to City Council President Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti (born 1971) is the son of former Los Angeles county district attorney Gil Garcetti, and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001. He was reelected in 2005. . ``Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. cannot grow and prosper if labor, business and government do not work together, hand-in-hand in good faith.'' Aides to Garcetti said he would present the mayor's request to the City Council. ``It depends on the nature of the debate,'' Garcetti spokesman David Gershwin said. ``We will present it to the council and see what it wants to do.'' Danny Feingold Feingold is a surname that may refer to:
``We think it's important to have a full public debate on the living wage and addressing the issue of working poverty,'' he said. ``We are confident the council and the mayor will support this as a way to address fundamental unfairness.'' The proposal would require hotels near LAX to pay a minimum of $9.08 an hour with health benefits or $10.33 an hour without health benefits. It also would protect employees from being fired and would ensure they receive their full pay, including tips collected from service charges. The mayor said he sought the delay because of business community concerns that the ordinance could be expanded to other areas and the belief that businesses did not have a full opportunity to present their case. Hotel industry lobbyists have said that if the council extends the living-wage ordinance to the Century Boulevard hotels, they will consider an effort to put the issue before voters. rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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