Central Los Angeles : SECOND CHANCE

A union representing workers at a recently closed Japanese restaurant Downtown has negotiated an agreement with the building’s managers allowing the employees to work at a new restaurant that will open in the same space.

Fourteen workers at the Minami Restaurant, 930 Wilshire Blvd., lost their jobs when the restaurant closed June 30. The agreement, negotiated with management of the L.A. Omni Hotel, which housed the restaurant, calls for the workers to be offered jobs at the hotel and the new restaurant scheduled to open in late fall.