rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/stand-with-women-against-abuse?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-stand-with-women-against-abuse' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> UNITE HERE Local 11 https://actionnetwork.org/groups/unite-here-local-11 https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/086/318/normal/CoverGraphicAction.jpg The Santa Monica community is calling on the City Council to pass comprehensive legislation to protect hotel workers. Tourism is one of the most important industries in the City of Santa Monica. Visitors to our city contributed more than $51 million in transient occupancy tax and infused almost $2 billion into the local economy in 2016. Hotel workers are the backbone of this lucrative industry, but they face unique workplace risks. Hotel room attendants who work alone in guest rooms without witnesses or cameras face unique risks of threatening behavior, including sexual assault and other crimes.  They are also frequently assigned excessive room cleaning quotas and unexpected mandatory overtime, which undermines their ability to meet family obligations, and can undermine other employment protections benefitting these employees. City Council has given city staff direction on this ordinance. Send a letter to the Santa Monica City Council and Manager stating your support for all four provisions to be included in the ordinance. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stand-with-women-against-abuse