The owners of Los Angeles' airport Hilton show no signs of backing down in their fight with local unions over a living wage. The Hilton, with more than 1,200 rooms, is the second-largest hotel in Los Angeles County. Over the last year, it has become the primary battleground for one of the city's loudest disputes: a union organizing campaign of a dozen airport-area hotels. The effort by the union, Unite Here, has spawned other fights, including the city's attempt to extend so-called living wage protections to hotel workers and a boycott of the Hilton supported by eight members of Congress, seven City Council members and a presidential candidate. Yet the owners are digging in for a long fight and show no interest in relenting.
See "Airport Hilton owners quietly dig in for fight over 'living wage'", Joe Matthews, Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2007