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Council holds press conference on hotel worker legislation
6/27/201925:51
Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda (Position 8, Citywide) and M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide), will introduce legislation to protect Seattle's hotel workers from harassment and discrimination, while also setting new rules on workload, worker retention and healthcare benefits. Following months of engagement between Councilmembers Mosqueda, González, Mayor Durkan, hotel workers, their union and hotel managers, four pieces of legislation designed to promote the health & safety of all hotel workers will be discussed in the Housing, Health, Energy and Workers' Rights Committee (HHEWR).
Speakers include:
Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda
Councilmember M. Lorena González
Hotel Workers Lula Haile and Liza Cruz
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