A Law To Protect Hotel Workers Is Being Challenged

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February 13, 2017 - 2:07 pm

Last fall, Seattle voters passed Initiative 124 by nearly 77 percent. However, in late December, the hotel industry filed a lawsuit against Seattle in an effort to overturn the measure to protect hotel workers from on-the-job sexual harassment and workplace injuries. KBCS’s Yuko Kodama interviewed Abby Lawlor, Northwest Hospitality Union Local 8 representative about this matter.