Susan Minato on LA's hotel and hospitality workers

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Dear John xxxxxx,

UNITE HERE Local 11 is no stranger to meeting big challenges with even bigger, bolder solutions. But the COVID-19 pandemic has posed more than a challenge. With the tourism industry in a tailspin and 32,000 members' jobs on the line, what can a hotel and hospitality worker union do?

It can feed a whole lot of people, for starters. Local 11 Co-President Susan Minato explains:
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“The first two weeks we probably saw about 20,000 people laid off.
More than half are women."
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