Striking Los Angeles hotel staffers return to work, more walkouts threatened
Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel staffers returned to work on Wednesday from a three-day strike without a contract, but union leaders threatened further walkouts to come as they push for improved wages, benefits and working conditions. Several thousand hotel workers represented by Unite Here Local 11 walked off the job on Sunday in a strike that union officials said spread to 19 hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties in the midst of the July Fourth holiday weekend. A Unite Here spokesperson, Maria Hernandez, said the picketers were all back on the job as of Wednesday morning, ending fo...