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"We live paycheck to paycheck, that's why we are fighting, even though we are losing right now our wages, we have to sacrifice for getting what we deserve," said Liliana Hernandez, housekeeper of Fairmont Miramar.
Chefs, housekeepers, and other workers decided to strike in an effort to secure better pay, benefits and working conditions.
Thousands of Southern California hotel workers went on strike on Sunday demanding pay hikes and improved benefits in a region where high housing costs make it difficult for low-wage earners to live close to where they hold jobs, union officials said.
Workers at several major hotels in Southern California remained on strike Tuesday amid the busy 4th of July holiday, forming picket lines beginning in pre-dawn hours at many hotels and marching in downtown Los Angeles in an effort to secure higher pay and improvements in health care and retirement benefits.
LOS ANGELES: Thousands of Los Angeles-area hotel workers went on strike on Sunday (Jul 2) demanding pay hikes and improved benefits in a region where high housing costs make it difficult for low-wage earners to live close to where they hold jobs, union officials said. Unite Here Local 11, which represents