After suspending its workers for wearing union buttons three times in the last year, the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel has reversed course , agreeing to allow small buttons and to provide back pay to those who were previously disciplined, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The hotel’s turnabout came in a settlement reached late Friday with Unite Here, the international hotel workers’ union that is attempting to organize nonunion workers at the Westin and a dozen other hotels near Los Angeles International Airport. The unionization effort is one of the largest in the country.

The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint this year against the hotel for barring the union buttons. The settlement was made just three days before a hearing that was scheduled for Monday.

As part of the deal, the union asked the labor board to withdraw its complaint against the Westin.

That complaint involved the suspensions of eight employees last July and 39 workers last August for wearing union buttons. Under the settlement, those workers will be paid for the time they were suspended.

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