Thousands of Hotel Workers Go on Strike in Southern California Over Rising Living Expenses
Thousands of Southern California hotel workers went on strike on the Fourth of July weekend for a new contract with higher wages and benefits, according to the employees’ union.
Non-managerial hotel staff, including cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen, and front desk workers, were seen picketing outside major hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties as the summer tourist season picks up.
Members of UNITE HERE Local 11, which represents more than 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona, started striking at more than a dozen hotels throughout Los Angeles and Santa Monica region on the morning of July 1, according to the union’s Twitter page….