REMARKS
Council member Krishnan emphasizes worker protections and public safety
0:11:30
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Council Member Krishnan underscores the importance of the Safe Hotels Act in protecting workers and ensuring public safety. He highlights his responsibility to his constituents, many of whom are hotel workers, and the need to eliminate predatory practices in the industry.
- Krishnan stresses that the bill is about public safety, worker protection, and community protection
- He mentions support from various labor organizations, including the hotel trades council and 32bj
- The council member emphasizes the need to eliminate predatory subcontracting systems in hotels
Shekar Krishnan
0:11:30
It's about public safety.
0:11:31
It's about protecting workers, and protecting our communities, protecting our essential workers, protecting our immigrant communities.
0:11:40
I'm proud to stand with my friends and organize labor from the hotel trades council to 32bj to central labor council and many others in support of this bill.
0:11:50
As I mentioned, since my district has the largest number of hotel workers in our city, it is my duty and responsibility to pass legislation to protect my constituents from abuse and neglect in their jobs.
0:12:02
We must ensure basic workplace protections and eliminate any predatory subcontracting systems that exist in our hotels.
0:12:11
We are simply setting a standard for safety for workers.
