Can Both Worker Rights And Civil Rights Win In Hotel Talks? | SFGate.com

In the current hotel conflict, most attention has focused on the proposed contract length and the dispute over who pays health-care benefits. But another issue also separates the two sides -- civil rights and the relationship between African American and immigrant workers. For a decade, San Francisco's Unite Here Local 2 and Local 11 in Los Angeles have proposed and won language in their contracts protecting members from discrimination and...