Mar 23 2006

Coalition for a New American Century

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LAXGUEST: Anna Mendez, a banquet server at the LAX Hilton Hotel

Century Boulevard near Los Angeles International Airport has the highest concentration of hotels in LA. Now a high profile campaign has been initiated to improve conditions for workers, communities and the hotel industry in the area. A 2004 study of the cities around LAX – Hawthorne, Lennox and Inglewood – found extremely high poverty rates, and a median household income of 25% lower than in L.A. County as a whole. The problem apparently is not a lack of jobs as much as it is low wages and poor working conditions.

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