Thousands of hotel employees in the Los Angeles, Calif.-area walked off from their positions on Sunday to strike in an effort to demand higher wages and better benefits packages. In a news release, Unite Here Local 11, the union representing the hotel workers, said that a majority of members, (96 percent), voted in favor earlier…
Thousands of hotel employees in the Los Angeles, Calif.-area walked off from their positions on Sunday to strike in an effort to demand higher wages and better benefits packages.
In a news release, Unite Here Local 11, the union representing the hotel workers, said that a majority of members, (96 percent), voted in favor earlier this month to authorize the strike. The union said they plan to create a hospitality workforce housing fund in addition to demanding for better wages, health care benefits, pension and safer workloads.
“Our members were devastated first by the pandemic, and now by the greed of their bosses,” Unite Here Local 11 president Kurt Peterson said in a statement.
