No Golden Globes Picket Line! Striking Hotel Workers & Beverly Hilton Reach A Deal Days Before Nominations Unveiled

deadline.com:

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars will not have to contemplate crossing a picket line at the Golden Globes next month. Less than 100 hours before nominations for January 9th 81st Golden Globes Awards are to be announced on Monday morning, UNITE HERE Local 11 and the Beverly Hilton are reached a tentative agreement.

Like many hotel workers across LA, the hundreds of housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, servers, and front desk workers at the iconic Tinseltown venue have been out on strike in the July 4th holiday. “Hotel workers at the Beverly Hilton are eager to kick off the awards season now that Hollywood is back in full swing because they have a contract with a living wage,” Kurt Petersen, co-president of UNITE HERE Local 11 told Deadline tonight.  “The Beverly Hilton is a leader in Beverly Hills, and we challenge the Fairmont Century Plaza and Beverly Wilshire to quickly follow suit.” In a deal that includes big wage increases, self-described historic Equal Justice language, new healthcare packages, and pension increases, the Beverly Hilton is the first hotel in the ritzy jurisdiction to make a deal with the hotel workers.

Owned by Alagem Capital Group chairman Beny Alagem since 2003 and a favorite of presidents and celebrities, the Beverly Hilton ran the risk of a major embarrassment for itself and the revamped Globes if picket lines greeted the gilded nominees, luminaries and other guests next month.

After years of scandal and controversy and a move from long time home NBC to CBS, the revitalized Globes sought to be the first major award show to be adrenalized from the end of the bitter WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and truly roll out the red carpet.