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Chateau Marmont agrees to let workers unionize, cancels plans for members-only hotel

The owner of Los Angeles' famed Chateau Marmont has agreed to let its workers unionize and abandoned plans to convert the Hollywood hangout for the rich and beautiful to a members-only hotel.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 26, 2022

Los Angeles hotel workers fight for panic buttons amid sexual harassment

Push for ballot petition that would mandate safety protections, limit workloads, set wage standards, and extend worker retention rules

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2022

‘Jay-Z needs to decide which side he’s on’: Chateau Marmont workers to picket star’s Oscars after-party

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s ultra-exclusive post-Oscars bash runs afoul of a worker boycott of the famed hotel, which laid off hundreds when the pandemic hit

The Guardian - US · Mar 24, 2022