September 22, 2015
The city of Los Angeles and a labor union urged a California federal court Monday to dismiss a suit filed against them by two hotel chains claiming the city's $15.37-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers violates federal law, arguing the court has already rejected that argument.
July 22, 2015
The city of Los Angeles on Tuesday asked a California federal judge to dismiss a suit brought by two hotel chains seeking to block the city's pending $15.37-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, saying the hotels' arguments were "baseless" and were already rejected by the court in a previous order.
June 12, 2015
Two hotel industry groups said Thursday they will ask the Ninth Circuit to block Los Angeles' pending $15.37-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, challenging last month's refusal by a California federal judge to stop the policy from taking effect July 1.
May 14, 2015
Hotel owners in Los Angeles will not be able to prevent the city's new $15.37-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers from going into effect on July 1, a California federal court ruled on Wednesday.
April 06, 2015
Two hotel industry groups fighting to shut down a city-ordered wage hike for hotel workers told a California federal judge on Monday that the city's law is preempted by federal labor laws because it intervenes in the negotiation process between the hotels and their employees' unions.
December 16, 2014
Two hotel industry groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday demanding a California federal court block a city-ordered wage hike for Los Angeles hotel employees, saying the ordinance gives labor unions an unfair advantage in labor-management disputes and is preempted by federal law.