The Pasadena City Council will consider further action on a protecting hotel workers laid off or furloughed due to the Coronavirus.
As part of the item, the council will receive information on ordinances adopted by Los Angeles and LA County, including right to recall ordinances and worker retention ordinances that protect hotel workers.
Similar ordinances in Santa Monica and Long Beach have faced legal action.
“Ordinances imposing new hiring requirements onto Pasadena hotels, may hinder the addition of future hotel investment and potential hotel tax growth,” according to a city staff report included in the City Council agenda.
A local ordinance could include a “fair discharge” process that would protect jobs and only allow workers to be fired with just cause.
New positions would be first offered to qualified discharged employees who lost their position for reasons other than “just cause.”
“It is not fair that that hospitality workers and housekeepers have lost their jobs, their livelihood and their pride,” said Leslie Jenal. “I myself have been furloughed one day a week and I have 80 percent of my pay. I have nothing in my account but I haven’t lost my job. I urge you to vote yes on this proposal. I’m a Pasadena voter and I will remember who makes an effort to help and who does not. Just a gentle reminder.”
Management at local hotels oppose the ordinance. Pasadena hotels have said their businesses have been devastated by the pandemic.
The Langham, Sheraton, and Hotel Constance remain closed while others transitioned from having 85 percent occupancy in February to less than 10 percent in March and April with a dramatically reduced nightly rate.
Although the staff report does mention the hardship faced by hotels, it does not mention the loss of income suffered by the hundreds of hotel workers laid off or furloughed during the pandemic.
“Protect the jobs of the people who keep Pasadena running,” said Matthew Enger.
The ordinance is derived from an earlier discussion that would have protected hospitality workers, including workers at hotels, event centers like the Pasadena Center Operating Company, and private university cafeterias in the city like the one at Caltech.
Earlier in June, the EDTECH Committee (Economic Development and Technology) decided to narrow the scope of the discussion.
“Pasadena’s housekeepers, cooks and dishwashers built our city’s hotel industry through their backbreaking work, and now these low wage workers are amongst the hardest hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Glendale, Los Angeles County and Long Beach have done the right thing and passed common sense policies that will ensure workers a right to return to their same jobs as business returns,” said Lorraine Chapman in correspondence to the City Council.
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