Thousands of California hotel workers go on strike during busy holiday weekend

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A major hotel workers' strike continued Tuesday in Southern California, with about 15,000 housekeepers, cooks and bellhops walking off the job in the middle of the busy holiday weekend.

A major hotel workers' strike continued Tuesday in Southern California, with about 15,000 housekeepers, cooks and bellhops walking off the job in the middle of the busy holiday weekend.began forming picket lines at some of the biggest hotels in Los Angeles and Orange counties, leaving hotels scrambling to accommodate guests."It's really expensive. It's hard," room attendant Eledia Manzo said.

"The workers have told them what they need to actually be able to live here and survive here," union member Maria Hernandez told CBS News. The union also wants better health benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. In a statement, the bargaining group representing most of the hotels involved said"the Union has shown no desire to engage in productive, good faith negotiations."

 

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