More work in fewer hours: LAs hotel workers detail backbreaking conditions

Striking employees, who accuse the hotels of cutting staff levels and increasing workloads, want an immediate $5 hourly raise

Thousands of southern California hotel workers have gone on strike over the holiday weekend, pushing for better wages in one of the most expensive metro areas in the US.

About 15,000 cleaners, cooks, cloakroom attendants, front desk agents, bellmen, servers and dishwashers were picketing across Los Angeles and Orange counties. During one of the busiest tourist weekends in the region, workers are demanding wage increases amid a spiraling cost-of-living crisis in the region.