Column: On the hotel worker picket line, retirement is out of the question for manyJose Ayala, 67, left, pickets with fellow workers at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica. Jacinto Antonio Herrera walks the picket line in front of the Viceroy Hotel. “The bills are high.”Jacinto Antonio Herrera, 76, is a dishwasher at the Viceroy Hotel. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)In Southern California, hotel workers have actually come a long way in recent years. Esther Dorado, 70, who has worked 38 years in housekeeping at the Viceroy Hotel, wipes her eye while picketing.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 15, 2023 12:28 UTC