Travelodge: JUNKYARD

April 3, 2008. Monterey Bay Bulletin

New guests to the Monterey Bay Travelodge may be caught by surprise by what Monterey residents have endured for months: junkyard conditions at the hotel at 2030 North Fairmont Street.

The junk—apparently discarded mattresses and rolls of old carpet and upholstery—has taken over several large sections of the Travelodge parking lot, as shown in photographs in the April 2008 Monterey Bay Bulletin. Some of the garbage has been sitting directly in front of rooms.

See photos by clicking here globals.unitehere.org/media/bmbt/traveler/traveler_15.pdf

April 25, 2008 Update: The old carpet and upholstery rolls have been moved to other parts of the hotel’s parking lots and the old mattresses appear to have been removed, since we posted the material above and linked here:. Read more>>>

Seo Runs From Workers

April 28, 2006.

Monterey Bay Travelodge owner, Kilsoo Seo, literally ran away from his workers Friday, April 28.. Read more>>>

About the Boycott

UNITE HERE Local 483 has announced a boycott of the Monterey Bay Travelodge at 2030 North Fremont Street in Monterey, California. The contract for the thirteen Latino Travelodge workers expired in December, 2003, and the hotel owner, Kilsoo Seo, of Bethel Alaska, has instituted his own demands without coming to agreement with Local 483. The Monterey Bay Travelodge workers now face:

• ELIMINATION of all their health insurance,
• ELIMINATION of their pension plan,
• FREEZE of their hourly wages at $8.84, and
• an INCREASE in their WORKDAY by 30 minutes without pay (unpaid lunch break).

We urge you to help these Travelodge workers in their struggle for a fair contract by staying at other hotels on the Monterey Bay and canceling reservations you have with the Monterey Bay Travelodge.

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