LOS ANGELES — Hotel workers at the famed Chateau Marmont voted unanimously to ratify their first union contract Wednesday evening.
The iconic Hollywood hangout had been the target of a boycott campaign after the hotel abruptly fired most of its workers with no severance pay and only a brief extension of health benefits at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. Earlier this year, laid-off employees picketed the Oscar-night party hosted at the hotel by rapper Jay-Z.
The new union contract goes into effect immediately. It includes a 25% wage increase, a pension fund, protections and free legal services for immigrants, recognition of Juneteenth as a paid holiday and other benefits, according to Unite Here Local 11, which represents the workers.
