Christine Pelosi, Betty Yee, and 80 Other Political Leaders Join Hollywood Leaders to Boycott Cameo Beverly Hills as Hotel Workers Continue Labor Fights

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Over 80 elected officials and political professionals including statewide officials like Betty Yee, Fiona Ma, Tony Thurmond, and Christine Pelosi joined the boycott of two Remington hotels, Cameo Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills Marriott.

This comes on the heels of over 40 Hollywood writers, editors and producers who pledged to boycott the hotels over Labor Day weekend. That group includes leading Hollywood figures like Grant Sloss, writer and producer of “Emily in Paris;” Michael Schur, co-executive producer of “The Office” and “Parks and Recreation;” Brittani Nichols, writer and co-executive producer for “Abbott Elementary;” and Ian Maxtone-Graham executive producer and writer for “The Simpsons” and “Veep.”

“WGAW writers stand in solidarity with hotel workers in their fight for a fair union contract at the Cameo. They walked with us on our strike line, and today we stand with them. It’s time for Remington Hospitality to do the right thing,” said WGAW Writer Brittani Nichols, CO-EP on Abbott Elementary.

Workers launched a boycott of Remington Hospitality’s Beverly Hills-adjacent properties, the Cameo Hotel Beverly Hills and Marriott Beverly Hills hotels, in August. The Cameo has failed to agree to a fair contract for its unionized employees. The Marriott has refused to agree to a fair process for workers to decide whether to unionize.

The Cameo is also subject of a pending “wage theft” complaint filed with the California Labor Commissioner alleging that the hotel has failed to pay housekeeping workers for “off the clock” work performed prior to their scheduled shifts and that workers have been unable to take rest breaks to which they are legally entitled. The workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 11, has also presented these allegations to the Los Angeles Police Commission, which is charged under the newly passed Responsible Hotel Ordinance with determining whether to award the Cameo a permit to operate.

The boycott follows a year of strikes across the Southern California hotel sector that have resulted in historic wage increases and other improvements for workers at 73 hotels. The Cameo, along with the Hilton Garden Inn El Segundo, have failed to sign this historic agreement.

UNITE HERE Local 11 is a labor union representing more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona who work in hotels, restaurants, universities, convention centers and airports