Striking workers at a Santa Monica hotel are asking Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates to stay away from the establishment this weekend as the team visits LAFC.

And earlier this month, hotel security began 'violent attacking their own employees,' according to a statement from Unite Here Local 11, a union representing the workers.

A spokesperson from the organization told Mail Sport that the hotel had informed its employees that Inter Miami was staying there this weekend. Mail Sport also reached out to an Inter Miami spokesperson, who did not respond.

Unite Here Local 11 released the following statement urging Messi and his team not to stay in the hotel.

'We have learned that Inter Miami CF and the Great Lionel Messi are coming to Los Angeles this week for a match against LAFC on Sunday. Workers this morning walked out on strike at 13 hotels, including the Fairmont Miramar,' the statement begins.

'Just two weeks ago, workers at the Fairmont Miramar called for a boycott of their hotel after hotel security officers were videoed violently attacking their own employees while they attempted to establish a picket line.

'As housekeepers, cooks, bellmen, and servers, we ask Lionel Messi and his teammates to stand in solidarity with us and stay out of the Fairmont Miramar.'

A spokesperson for Unite Here Local 11 shared a video purporting to show the alleged attacks.

Rooms at the plush hotel start at approximately $500 per night, with the price of 'bungalows' reaching as much as $4,499 nightly.