About 300 protesters demanding unionization for hotel workers were arrested Thursday in a carefully choreographed, peaceful demonstration that shut down part of a busy thoroughfare near Los Angeles International Airport.
The arrests came after months of coordination between national hotel workers' unions, labor leaders, immigrant groups and police, who advised the organizers on how to proceed without endangering public safety.
"We hope to get better benefits, like health insurance coverage for our family, better wages, a lighter workload and respect, because right now we are being treated like slaves," said Evelina Alvarez, 55, a Mexican national and housekeeper at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel near the airport.
Westin spokesman Fred Muir rejected allegations that hotel workers were poorly paid.
Employees "have a pretty complete salary and benefits package, which includes health care, paid vacations, paid sick time and numerous paid holidays," Muir said.
So much for the typical excuse that these are "hard working people, willing to do jobs Americans won't do."
The truth is, these immigrants are only temporarily hard working and willing to undercut American workers. As soon as circumstances permit, they'll demand the same working conditions and pay as native born Americans. And their kids will grow up with ghetto entitlement values. Then what will we do? Import hard-working workers from Darfur and Somalia?
2006-10-01 12:16:11 · 6 answers · asked by ShoeShine 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I can't believe the audacity of illegal aliens who are not legally allowed to work here in the first place, would want to demand more benefits, the whole package, of which unearned citizenship would be the grand prize- in the face of americans who are about to receive a fraction of their pension if and only when their company stayed in business and will not file for bankruptcy, and if the company will not move to mexico or china- when millions of americans have no health insurance because its unaffordable and US companies are starting to ditch the traditional pension plans and healthcare coverages. When illegal immigrants themselves drive up the healthcare cost and caused hospitals to close down. When their kids goes to school for free and their illegal presence diminished the quality of education of the younger generation of americans. Why are they even allowed to continue undermining our laws and now its our people, I am totally disillusioned.
2006-10-01 15:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by fanofkeanur 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The truth is, these immigrants are only temporarily hard working and willing to undercut American workers. As soon as circumstances permit, they'll demand the same working conditions and pay as native born Americans
agreed thank you
2006-10-01 12:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by hayleylov 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Scottish are very anti British and performance been for hundreds of years. The Act of Union got here about in 1707 because Scotland develop into bankrupt and it nevertheless hasn't the infastructure to help itself. even as Gordon Brown and Alister Darling bailed out the RBS and fiscal corporation of Scotland they did it with English funds. Scotland couldn't do it. enable Alex Salmond make Scotland autonomous and watch those racist that abused Nigel Farage awaken to no giros. What market does Scotland have that supplies an earnings to the volume of the English taxpayers grant? answer: none.
2016-12-04 02:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what they're complaining about, back in the 80's I was a maintenance man for Westin Hotels and we had a very good benefits plan, the pay was a little below scale but the rest of the benefits made up for it, it's really a good corp. to work for
2006-10-01 12:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Finally someone is shedding some light on the lost facts. Thank you.
2006-10-01 12:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by 75160 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good arrest them!!!!!
2006-10-01 12:19:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋