By now, in the summer of strikes, it's a familiar demand.
"We need a better raise, salary, better health care, and a contract for three years," said hotel worker Barbina Nunez.
The division of the haves and have-nots seems particularly vast when working at a luxury hotel.
"I clean rooms every single day," said hotel worker Lucer Ramirez.
A night at the Waldorf Astoria is more than $1,300.
But the Hotel Association of Los Angeles points out Unite Here Local 11 represents hotels at all price points.
The union rejected the most recent offer of an immediate $2 per hour raise.
Instead, the union demands a $5 an hour raise.