![Thousands of striking hotel workers, mainly women, marched July 4 in Los Angeles, above, and in Santa Monica. Members of UNITE HERE are demanding an immediate $5 hourly wage raise.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hotel-Workers-Strike_8726.jpg)
California hotel workers strike over pay, workload
Fight for ability to raise families, to end E-Verify
LOS ANGELES — A spirited rally of 2,000 hotel workers took place on July 4 in downtown Los Angeles. Another was held in Santa Monica. Two days earlier hundreds picketed in front of the Intercontinental Hotel here They chanted “Únete.…