Los Angeles hotel operators Threat From agreements to provide reduced rooms for the 2028 Olympic Games around the city decree, which will significantly enhance the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers.
On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council will vote for the second and last time to raise the minimum wage for tourism workers to reach $ 30 per hour by July 2028.
The decree passed in the first round of the vote on May 14, but it did not get unanimous support.
At least eight hotels say they will come out of the room bloc agreement if the scale passes. This agreement includes reduced prices for officials, sponsors, and even the media in hotels throughout the city.
Hotel operators, including Hilton, Angelino Hotel, and a hotel in Los Angeles and Hollywood Roosevelt, argue that the costs of increased employment are not financially possible.
“The proper logic says that you cannot raise wages more than 30 % in less than a year when the revenue is flat,” said Mark Picaria of the Angelino Hotel. If this increase in employment costs pass, the city will be forced to think about turning this hotel in the residential heart of Bernowood into a shelter. “
“If the city continues in this path and only listens to one side of the equation, then there will be a closure in hotels, lost functions, and loss of opportunities for everyone,” said Kara Bartelt, General Manager of Hoxton Los Angeles.
under Olympic wage decree in Los AngelesThe minimum wage for the airport workers and hotels will gradually increase. It is scheduled to rise to $ 22.50 per hour in July 2025, followed by annual increases of $ 2.50 every July. This gradual approach will witness that the wage reaches its peak at $ 30 per hour by July 2028, coinciding with the start of the Olympic Games.
Supporters, including trade unions, argue that the payment of wages will help keep workers in the city and benefit from the local economy.
“The city leaders have an opportunity to ensure that the Olympic Games and the handicapped for the disabled benefit from Angelinus, and this does this completely,” the local president unites 11 Petsen. The city council said.