![]() ![]() ![]() Last week, a deal was reached with its biggest employer, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown Los Angeles, which has more than 600 union workers. ![]() The strike affects about half of the 32,000 hospitality workers the union represents across Southern California and Arizona. “We went on strike to show these companies what we were willing to do to win a fair contract,” said Joy Johnson, a housekeeper at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown LA.Ĭontracts expired last Friday at hotels owned by major chains, including Hilton and Fairmont. Unite Here Local 11 spokeswoman Maria Hernandez described this week’s walkouts as the “first wave” in an ongoing labor action that could soon bring picket lines to 41 other hotels. The soaring cost of living in greater Los Angeles is a significant problem for hotel workers, according to the union. They are demanding better wages, improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. Union members voted last month to strike at 60 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties. No progress was reported in negotiations between employers and Unite Here Local 11, which represents bellhops, front desk agents, room attendants, cooks, servers and dishwashers. But their union warned that more walkouts could come at any time. Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend were back on the job Wednesday. ![]()
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