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05 Woodfin Suites Hotel, Emeryville
White students from college Republican clubs counterdemonstrate in support of the Woodfin Suites hotel, after it fired 20 Immigrant Latino workers, accusing them of lacking legal permission to work, and alleging that they don't have valid Social Security numbers. Workers say the hotel is retaliating against them for trying to enforce the city's new living wage ordinance. The counterdemonstrators say the demonstrations in support of the workers should stop, and that the hotel should be able to do as it likes.

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