Hotel workers feel pain of inflation, strike for better wages

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Hundreds of hotel workers picketed outside the InterContinental hotel in downtown Los Angeles, one of dozens of hotels that went on strike, July 2, 2023.

Hundreds of hotel workers picketed outside the InterContinental hotel in downtown Los Angeles, one of dozens of hotels that went on strike, July 2, 2023. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez.

Thousands of SoCal hotel workers are on strike to demand better pay and benefits. More than 60 hotels and Unite Here Local 11 haven’t reached a new contract. 

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Credits

Host:

Anna Scott

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Zoie Matthew, Giuliana Mayo, Robin Estrin