TP2000
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We are hearing her through the labor union voice. We may be missing a few facts about her life and labor conditions.
100%. We are hearing about her situation through one specific lens. There are likely to be inaccuracies in both directions, as that's the nature of these sorts of reports. That said, I tend to trust the workers on the ground over the higher ups to understand what the situation is really like on the ground.
Ms. Arceo is clearly known well to the union leadership of Unite Here Local 11, as they have used her for three separate media interviews in the past year. And the union also got Evelyn Arceo to speak at a county council meeting as part of that media process, which was mentioned in a fourth media article on the county council meeting.
My question is, what has the union done with her dues money the past 8 years to help Evelyn Arceo? The union is obviously aware of the tuition assistance and financial planning resources that Universal Studios provides its employees, so did the union help Ms. Arceo to get involved with that type of assistance from her employer? Does Unite Here have a tuition assistance program to offer also? Or does Unite Here have a program to help place workers in apprenticeship programs with fellow unionized trades that pay more?
Could her union help Ms. Arceo to become an electrician, a plumber, a welder, a machinist, or any other skilled union trade that pays a lot more than icing donuts? Certainly plenty of unionized skilled trades are represented on the Universal lot.
If earning $19 per hour to put icing on donuts is difficult to raise 4 children on with no husband (and I don't doubt that it is difficult, even with government assistance and food stamps thrown in to that monthly financial package!), and the Unite Here Local 11 leadership is fully aware of the situation dues-paying member Evelyn Arceo is in... what else has her union leadership done for Ms. Arceo to help her improve her career options besides just using her for media interviews?
For those wondering, here's a summary of the media tour that Unite Here Local 11 has put Evelyn Arceo on since 2023...

UNITE HERE LOCAL 11: Supervisors Hahn, Horvath and Solis Move Workplace Protections and Higher Wages at Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Tourism workers spoke to the County Board of Supervisors yesterday in support of a motion authored by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis to a
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