ANAHEIM, Calif. — A second wave of hotel strikes is hitting Southern California this week.
Hotel workers and labor organizers have been striking and demanding higher wages and other benefits as they argue their existing salaries are unsustainable amid the region's high cost of living and rent, making commutes and buying basic goods unsustainable.
Irene Andrade, 53, has worked as a housekeeper at the Sheraton Gateway next to Los Angeles International Airport for 17 years. She used to live in nearby Inglewood, but she moved to Ontario in San Bernardino County to be able to afford rent. She said she spends several hours commuting to and from work — she's on the road at 5 a.m. and gets home around 7 p.m., and she hardly gets to see her 7-year-old daughter.
“It’s very important for me, but I have to fight to get ahead. I’m losing here to go work,” she said about her inability to spend more time with her family, “but I have to.”
Unite Here Local 11, which represents more than 32,000 hospitality workers across Southern California and Arizona, many of whom are Latino and people of color, coordinated the latest multiday strikes affecting at least 12 hotels Monday and Tuesday near the Los Angeles airport and cities in Orange County.
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