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Workers are picketing major Southern California hotels after walking off the job during the holiday weekend to demand better pay and benefits LOS ANGELES -- Workers picketed major Southern California hotels again Monday after walking off the job during the July Fourth weekend to demand better pay and benefits. The strike by bellhops, front desk agents, room attendants, cooks, servers and dishwashers began early Sunday in Los Angeles and Orange counties just as summer tourism ramps up. Employers accused the union of failing to negotiate. Members of Unite Here Local 11 voted last month in favor of authorizing the strike. In addition to higher wages, the union wants improved health care benefits, higher pension contributions and less strenuous workloads. Contracts expired at midnight Friday at more than 60 hotels , including properties owned by major chains such as Marriott and Hilton. The strike affects about half of the 32,000 hospitality workers the union represents across Southern C...

Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after it appeared claims had reached a modestly elevated level in recent weeks Applications for unemployment benefits fell significantly last week after claims appeared to stabilize at modestly elevated levels in recent weeks . U.S. applications for jobless claims fell by 26,000 to 239,000 for the week ending June 24, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists were expecting the elevated claims numbers to continue above 260,000, where they had settled the past three weeks. The four-week moving average of claims , which evens out some of the weekly fluctuations, rose by 1,500 to 257,500. Jobless claims applications are seen as representative of the number of layoffs in a given week. Overall, 1.74 million people were collecting unemployment benefits the week that ended June 17, 19,000 fewer than the previous week. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/applications-for-jobless-benefits-in-the-u-s-retreat-after-thr...