Posted on 02/22/2007 12:01:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The higher pay level will apply to workers at inns near the airport. An appeal is promised.
The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Wednesday to an ordinance that will for the first time extend the city's "living wage" requirement of $10.64 an hour to workers at a dozen hotels on the Century Boulevard corridor near LAX — the first time the protection has been applied to businesses that do not contract directly with the city.
LA Times requires excerption.
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Does this apply to Nancy Pulosi's hotel?
$10.64 is not a fantastic wage for L.A.'s cost of living.
Not only are they stupid, they're cheap!
Does not matter if $10.64 is enough or not, the problem is if the worker is worth the output.
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