Emeryville: Not a Day Longer!

At a special hearing on August 27th, the Emeryville City Council can vote to end the bitter year-long conflict at the Woodfin Suites Hotel by ordering the hotel to pay workers their back wages. But the Woodfin has already suggested that it will try to delay the process indefinitely. Join us at the hearing to tell the Council to hold strong and put an end to the conflict right then and there.

Workers at the Woodfin Suites Hotel have been struggling for a year to win their rights under Emeryville’s living wage law – while hotel managers have stalled endlessly in turning over wage records to the city. In June, the City of Emeryville finally ordered the hotel to pay workers about $250,000 in back wages. But instead of paying up, the hotel got a pricey anti-union law firm to appeal the order. On August 27th, the City will hold a hearing to consider the Woodfin’s appeal and make a decision about how much the hotel must pay its workers, and when.

While Woodfin lawyers have threatened to drag the process out further, workers are urging the Council to make a final decision and hold the Woodfin accountable for obeying it. In a letter to Mayor Nora Davis, former Woodfin worker, Luz D. wrote, “This is too much, what we’re going through and suffering. We’re just waiting to see a light ahead of us on the path, and this light is you on the Council. You have the power in your hands to make the Woodfin pay us what it owes.”

Please join us for a rally outside Emeryville’s City Hall on August 27th at 6 pm, then stay for the hearing at 7 pm. Help us send a strong message to the City that justice delayed is justice denied. The time has come to end the bitter year-long conflict and get the workers their money – and the respect that they’ve fought so hard to earn!


For more information, see: http://www.workingeastbay.org.