Several California politicians have called on Taylor Swift to reschedule her Los Angeles concerts amid the ongoing hotel worker strike.Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis and a dozen more elected officials across the Golden State signed an open letter on Tuesday, August 1, alongside the campaign Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel workers.
The message was sent to Swift, 33, ahead of her Eras concert stops at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Swift is scheduled to perform at the venue starting Thursday, August 3, and will be there for six nights.
The shows are all sold out.“Hotel workers are fighting for their lives. They are fighting for a living wage. They have gone on strike.
Now, they are asking for your support,” the letter reads. “Speak now! Stand with hotel workers and postpone your concerts.”Contracts for the hotel workers expired in July and have affected several big chains, including Marriott and Hilton.
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