LABOR LEADER BACKS HILTON EMPLOYEES.Byline: ALEX DOBUZINSKIS Staff Writer The head of the 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. County Federation of Labor on Thursday voiced support for Glendale Hilton employees who claim they have been intimidated during a union organizing drive. The National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right issued a complaint last week alleging that Glendale Hilton managers threatened and interrogated hotel workers and kept them under surveillance during a drive started last fall by Local 11 of Unite HERE, which is campaigning to organize hotel industry workers nationwide. A hearing on several charges of unfair labor practices Conduct prohibited by federal law regulating relations between employers, employees, and labor organizations. Before 1935 U.S. labor unions received little protection from the law. is scheduled for June 5. Maria Elena Durazo Maria Elena Durazo is the current executive secretary–treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. She was appointed the interim executive secretary–treasurer following the resignation of Martin Ludlow in February 2006, and was voted as the permanent , executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, said in a news conference in front of an NLRB office in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or that immigrant workers at the Glendale Hilton are working hard to try to improve their lives. "This is a concrete example of what immigrants are fighting for," said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is an American political advocacy organization. History Following the passage of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, representatives from Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Asian . "They do not want to be intimidated when they say, `We want health care, we want better wages."' The Hilton looks forward to stating its case in an upcoming NLRB hearing, General Manager Linda Norman said in a written statement. "The union is denying Hilton Glendale employees the right to a secret ballot," Norman said. "Hilton has a right - and a responsibility - to communicate with team members all the facts about union representation so that they can make an informed decision through the federally protected secret-ballot process." alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com (818) 546-3304 |
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