Workers fight back as US hotels try to lay off staff and hire on the cheap
In early March, Antonio Rodriguez, a banquet waiter for 11 years at the luxurious Terranea resort in Palos Verdes, south of Los Angeles, was told he was being temporarily furloughed because of Covid-19. Rodriguez, 58, took that setback in stride, but then in mid-May he received a shocker – Terranea informed him he was being permanently laid off, even though the resort was planning to reopen in June.
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“I felt terrible knowing that I was going to lose my job and my benefits. I have three daughters,