Hundreds of striking hotel workers took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning, blocking several intersections while calling for an immediate pay raise.
Among them were "bell persons in the front that greet you at the front desk, all the way to the folks in the kitchen and of course the room attendants who are the heart of the hotel," said Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11.
Workers more than a dozen hotels marched between the InterContinental Hotel to the JW Marriott at LA Live. They're asking for a $5-an-hour increase in pay. "We deserve a living wage," said hotel worker Diana Rios Sanchez. "And right now it's really hard, everything's going expensive. Rent's really high, childcare is expensive, too. So, the money that we win isn't really enough for our expenses."
Said Petersen: "The tourism industry is booming. They have the money. So the question is, will they give it? And the workers are here to say, "We'll do whatever it takes -- including blocking intersections -- until we get what we need." At one point during the morning, the protestors marched around one of the busiest intersections in downtown, at Figueroa Street and Olympic Boulevard, shutting down the intersection to vehicle traffic.
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