Posts with the tag Amma

Si Se Pudo, translated, Yes We Did.

Earlier this week, I blogged about the controversy brewing at the Hilton LAX Hotel during the visit of Amma, the "Hugging Saint." Amma, the international phenom who has reportedly given more than 25 million hugs to people all over the world who need it, chose to bring her hug show to a hotel under a year-long boycott for poor treatment of its workers.

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Known around the world as the "hugging saint of India," Amma arrived in Los Angeles Sunday, beginning her 10-city U.S. tour with a five-day stay at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport hotel. Workers at this same hotel called a boycott for poor pay and benefits, dozens of labor violations and refusing to recognize their efforts to form a union there.   Read More »
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