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LAX hotel workers walk out in second wave of strikes

Hotel workers picket outside the Biltmore Hotel as members of Unite Here Local 11 joined dozens of other southland hotels who went on strike today in downtown Los Angeles on July 2, 2023.

Thousands of workers at hotels near the Los Angeles International Airport area walked off the job Monday morning in a second wave of strikes that has hit Southern California's hospitality sector this summer.

Starting at 5 a.m., workers from eight El Segundo and Los Angeles hotels walked out demanding higher pay and better benefits. The list of hotels on strike include the Aloft El Segundo, Fairfield Inn & Suites El Segundo, Four Points Sheraton LAX Hotel, Hilton Garden Inn LAX/El Segundo, Holiday Inn LAX,

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