Union: Hyatt Place Pasadena Reaches Tentative Contract Agreement, Hilton Pasadena Holds Out

UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing hotel workers, announced that the Hyatt Place Pasadena and several other hotels signed a tentative contract agreement on Tuesday, guaranteeing pay increases and better working conditions. The Pasadena Hilton, however, has not yet signed the agreement.

The union announced Tuesday that in the past week, seven new hotels, including the Hyatt Place Pasadena, Proper Santa Monica, Proper Downtown Los Angeles, Westdrift Manhattan Beach, Hotel June West LA, and Hotel Maya Long Beach, signed the historic accord.

These new agreements follow overwhelming ratification votes at 35 hotels, bringing the total number of settled contracts to 41.

According to the union, more than 10,000 workers at 52 hotels have engaged in 170 strikes so far, marking the largest strike in the history of the nation’s hospitality industry.

The new contract includes the largest economic increases of any industry-wide contract in the last 30 years, with a $5.00 an hour raise in the first year, paying workers an additional $10,400.

Non-tipped workers will see 40 to 50% wage increases over the 4.5-year term of the agreement, with most room attendants earning $35.00 an hour by July 1, 2027.

The agreement also guarantees pre-pandemic staffing levels, mandatory daily room cleaning, one of the highest-paid pension plans for service workers in the nation, and 50 pages of improvements, including Juneteenth as a paid holiday, unprecedented language for the treatment of workers impacted by the criminal justice system, and protections of immigrant rights.

The contract is set to expire on January 15, 2028, just before Los Angeles hosts the Olympics.

The union membership has resolved to continue striking and boycotting until all hotels, including the Hilton Pasadena, reach agreements.

“My coworkers and I dealt with unthinkable violence to get to this point. We are proud that we never gave up, and we look forward to having the same standard-raising benefits and protections other hotel workers now enjoy,” said Camila Delgado, a housekeeper at Hotel Maya, according to the union.

Earlier this month, Pasadena police detained and issued criminal citations to three union protestors outside the Hilton Pasadena.