Hollywood Writers Join Union Boycott of Beverly Hills Hotels

Round 40 Hollywood writers have joined a resort union boycott of two Los Angeles resorts, the Cameo Beverly Hills by Hilton and the Beverly Hills Marriott.

The Good Place creator Mike Schur, Emily in Paris author and co-executive producer Grant Sloss, The Simpsons author and govt producer Ian Maxtone-Graham and Abbott Elementary supervising producer and author Brittani Nichols are among the many scribes that joined the marketing campaign, spearheaded by the main Los Angeles-area hospitality union Unite Right here Native 11. One Day at a Time co-showrunner Mike Royce, Halt and Catch Hearth author and govt producer Angelina Burnett and Two Sentence Horror Tales author Liz Alper additionally joined the boycott on Labor Day weekend.

Unite Right here Native 11 initiated the marketing campaign in opposition to the 2 Remington Hospitality-operated properties final month after the Cameo’s current union contract expired and the union and employer have been unable to come back to an settlement. (The Cameo was previously the Mr. C Beverly Hills.) In early August the union additionally filed a wage theft criticism with the California Labor Fee, alleging that housekeepers have been performing unpaid work previous to their shifts beginning and that staff weren’t capable of take mandated relaxation breaks because of the quantity of labor.

Unite Right here Native 11, in the meantime, is making an attempt to unionize the Beverly Hills Marriott and claims that administration has “rejected a request that the resort comply with a good course of whereby staff can select whether or not to unionize in an atmosphere of mutual respect and with out administration interference.” The union is making an attempt to steer administration to decide to remaining impartial in the course of the union drive and voluntarily acknowledge the group if a majority of staff signal union playing cards.

“We hope the possession and administration of those ritzy Beverly Hills-adjacent resorts will change course and display the respect that their hardworking workers deserve,” a union petition explaining the boycott reads.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Remington Hospitality for remark.

This isn’t the primary time that members of the Writers Guild of America and Unite Right here Native 11 have supported each other throughout labor disputes. In 2023 the WGA West backed a boycott of the resort that served because the headquarters of the American Movie Market in the course of the occasion, whereas earlier that 12 months Unite Right here Native 11 supported the WGA strike and vowed that its members wouldn’t cross writers’ picket traces at resorts served as filming places.

Father or mother union Unite Right here, an particularly lively labor group with greater than 32,000 members nationwide, launched its personal rolling strike over the course of Labor Day weekend at resorts throughout the nation. Greater than 10,000 members struck at affected websites together with Hilton Baltimore Inside Harbor, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, Hyatt Regency Greenwich, The Royal Hawaiian and Westin Seattle.