LA-Area Hotel Workers Stage Walkout as Holiday Weekend Kicks Off
Hotel workers and union organizers create strike signs at Unite Here Local 11 headquarters in Los Angeles on June 29.
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Thousands of hotel workers in Southern California went on strike Sunday morning, days after contracts with employers expired and employee demands went unresolved.
The walkout occurred at major hotels in Los Angeles and across the southern part of the state, including the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton in downtown LA, during one of the busiest weekends for travel in the US.