L.A. hotel strike: Migrants from homeless shelter replace strikers
Venezuelan and Colombian migrants living at Union Rescue Mission in L.A. say they are working at Southern California hotels where workers are on strike.
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Venezuelan and Colombian migrants living at Union Rescue Mission in L.A. say they are working at Southern California hotels where workers are on strike.
Southern California hotel workers at some 60 properties have been staging intermittent strikes since early July.
From self-service kiosks and cocktail-making machines to reduced housekeeping, hotels have learned to embrace leaner staff.
The strike is the first time in the United Auto Workers union's 88-year history that it walked out on all three major carmakers simultaneously.
The hotel strike is hitting consumers harder than any other during Los Angeles' labor summer, bringing complaints, a disrupted wedding and violence.