Beverly Hills Sues Striking Hotel Workers Union After Noise Complaints

Hotel workers with Unite Here Local 11 picket outside the InterContinental hotel on the first day of a strike by union members at many major hotels in Southern California, in Los Angeles, on July 2, 2023. Mario Tama/Getty Images

The city of Beverly Hills, California, sued a union on Aug. 15 that represents striking hotel workers, alleging their early-morning protests outside two hotels being picketed in the ongoing labor dispute have drawn noise complaints from nearby residents.

The Los Angeles Superior Court public nuisance complaint targets Unite Here! Local 11 and seeks a court order directing demonstrators to limit their protests to 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The suit maintains the protesters are using drums and bullhorns and have started as early as 5:30 a.m. outside the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills.