Video shared by Unite Here 11 – a union representing dishwashers, room attendants, bellhops and others – shows a disturbance on a picket line outside a Santa Monica hotel on Saturday. The video shows people in suits scuffling with picketers, but it’s unclear who the people in suits are or what happened before the video started. Officers from the Santa Monica Police Department were present, but CNN has not been able to determine if any report was filed.
” CNN has requested comment from the Fairmont Miramar hotel where the videotaped incident took place, as well as the Collective Bargaining Group, which represents most of the hotels that employ unionized workers. But Pete Hillan, a spokesperson for the California Hotel and Lodging Association, said that the workers are engaging in “increasingly aggressive actions” while on the picket lines, and accused union representatives of kicking over safety barriers.