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The push to get San Diego hotel workers devastated by the pandemic back to work Newly proposed legislation aims to provide a tax credit to hotel workers for personal protective equipment as well as direct payroll grants to the hotel industry Author: Richard Allyn (Reporter) Updated: 11:18 PM PDT May 13, 2021 SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. Before COVID-19 struck, San Diego s tourism industry was the county s second-largest employer. The economic shutdown forced by the pandemic, though, has had a devastating effect on thousands of local hotel workers, and its impacts are still being felt. Leading up to the pandemic, according to Julie Coker, head of the San Diego Tourism Authority, our county boasted 200,000 travel-related jobs. ....
SAN DIEGO Laid-off hotel workers in San Diego got a boost Tuesday when the City Council extended for one year an ordinance that requires them to be re-hired based on seniority. The law, which had been scheduled to expire Monday, aims to prevent the hotel industry from using mass layoffs during the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to replace higher-paid veteran workers with cheaper employees. “Workers in the hotel and hospitality industry have been hit very hard by this pandemic, and they are primarily comprised of women, immigrants and people of color,” Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert said. “This allows people to get back to the careers they’ve been working in for years.” ....