30 Hours Later, Amma the “Hugging Saint” Wants to Talk
| By Elliott D. Petty - Jun 20, 2008 9:45:33 AM PT |
| Also listed in: Courage Campaign Staff |
Si Se Pudo, translated, Yes We Did.
Earlier this week, I blogged about the controversy brewing at the Hilton LAX Hotel during the visit of Amma, the "Hugging Saint." Amma, the international phenom who has reportedly given more than 25 million hugs to people all over the world who need it, chose to bring her hug show to a hotel under a year-long boycott for poor treatment of its workers.
Check out video footage here.
They asked her nicely to respect the worker-called boycott as other groups including the California Teachers Association and Rotary International has done, but she chose not to get involved. Wrong answer. So labor and community leaders put together a protest that lasted 30 hours straight during the busy points of her tour stop.
Well, today, the workers report that Amma wants to meet with clergy and union representatives to talk about the issue.
Hopefully she will agree as all of us should, to avoid that hotel until it respects its workers rights to unionize, and end its battle to block L.A.'s new living wage law for airport area hotel workers.
Earlier this week, I blogged about the controversy brewing at the Hilton LAX Hotel during the visit of Amma, the "Hugging Saint." Amma, the international phenom who has reportedly given more than 25 million hugs to people all over the world who need it, chose to bring her hug show to a hotel under a year-long boycott for poor treatment of its workers.
Check out video footage here.
They asked her nicely to respect the worker-called boycott as other groups including the California Teachers Association and Rotary International has done, but she chose not to get involved. Wrong answer. So labor and community leaders put together a protest that lasted 30 hours straight during the busy points of her tour stop.
Well, today, the workers report that Amma wants to meet with clergy and union representatives to talk about the issue.
Hopefully she will agree as all of us should, to avoid that hotel until it respects its workers rights to unionize, and end its battle to block L.A.'s new living wage law for airport area hotel workers.
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