Minimum wage employees at hotels and the convention center in San Diego could see their hourly rate increase by nearly 50% under a proposal heading to the city council next week.
The proposal comes after hotel workers rallied for a $25 minimum wage last year outside the Hilton Bay Front, later going on a monthlong strike demanding higher pay.
“We hear from people on a daily basis who are working full-time jobs, sometimes multiple jobs, and they can’t afford to live here,” Council Member Sean Elo-Rivera said…