Union Hopes To Organize Long Beach Hotel Workers

Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 12:00am

A campaign called Hope for Housekeepers focuses on Hyatt, Hilton and others, locally as well as nationally. After a day's work cleaning one hotel room after another, Maria Valdivia says she's often too fatigued to play with her three children once she gets home.

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