'Shame on you!' Hotel workers striking for better pay, benefits. | USA TODAY

Hotel workers, including cooks, desk agents and room attendants are striking in California. They are calling for better benefits and higher pay. RELATED: WGA writers strike continues, media CEO gives commencement speech https://tinyurl.com/2v62x6yn About 15,000 members of Unite Here Local 11, which says it represents over 32,000 hospitality workers in Southern California and Arizona, across the Los Angeles and Orange counties are affected by the strike. Hotel workers are demanding a contract negotiation for higher wages, improved health care benefits, and stronger workplace protections. Thousands walked off the job at more than a dozen hotels in downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the union said on Twitter. Their contracts had expired at midnight on Friday at more than 60 hotels, including properties owned by major chains such as Marriott and Hilton. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://tinyurl.com/34t3ueac » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Hotel #LosAngeles #Strike