Workers at dozens of Southern California hotels spent their Fourth of July on picket lines as they remain on strike, pushing for higher wages and better health and retirement benefits.
Negotiators are asking for an immediate $5 an hour raise and an additional $3 an hour in subsequent years of the contract along with improvements in health care and retirement benefits.
In a statement, the hotel bargaining group released a statement that says they've offered an increase of $2.50 an hour in the first 12 months, and a $6.25 increase over four years. Hotel officials have said their facilities will remain open with management and other non-union staff filling in during the work stoppage.
Hotel operations have continued during the busy holiday week. Alex Roundy was in town from Seattle for the Anime Expo in downtown L.A. He told Eyewitness News he's fine with the strike. "It's a little inconvenient, but one of our buddies had said it better: it's just a little inconvenient for us for a few days, but it's probably more inconvenient for them for like a year," he said.Even though the contract negotiation affects roughly 60 hotels, they're not all walking out at the same time. So far during this Fourth of July week, the union has focused on downtown L.A. and Santa Monica hotels.Copyright © 2023 KABC Television, LLC.
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