In Santa Monica, hotel workers in their 60s and 70s join the picket line. They're trapped in crummy jobs and can't afford to stop working.
, and soon they were marching in a circle as the sun rose, chanting and carrying signs that said “No Contract, No Peace.”
Amparo Rodriguez, 68, who has worked 25 years in housekeeping at the Viceroy, receives a hug of support in front of the hotel in Santa Monica. Amparo Rodriguez, 68, said she uses public transit to get to her housekeeping job from the Mid-City studio apartment she shares with her husband. He’s out of work after getting hurt while operating a forklift, so retirement isn’t an option for her after 60 years of work — her first job was cleaning her aunt’s house in Mexico for 1 peso a day.Jacinto Antonio Herrera, 76, is a dishwasher at the Viceroy Hotel. “One more year,” he said, and he’ll see if he can afford to retire or go part-time.
The Viceroy employees are lucky to have gotten improved pay and pensions, she said, but unlucky, as well, because their financial struggles are unlikely to end. They may never be able — while employed or in retirement — to keep up with the rising costs. In terms of pay, “these are good jobs, but they’re just not good enough,” Unite Here Local 11 co-President
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