LOS ANGELES: California's lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers.
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and dozens of state and local politicians signed an open letter telling Swift that her tour makes the region's hotels money, with some properties 'doubling and tripling what they charge because you are coming.'Meanwhile, the letter said, many housekeepers and other hotel workers can't afford to live close to their jobs and some sleep in their cars and risk losing their homes.'Hotel workers are fighting for their lives.
Her representatives didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the letter.Unite Here Local 11, which represents some 30,000 hotel workers, is negotiating for better wages, improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. Contracts expired last month at more than 60 hotels, including properties owned by major chains such as Marriott and Hilton.
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