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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

Los Angeles hotel workers fight for panic buttons amid sexual harassment

A group of West Hollywood hotel workers march ahead of a city council vote on a hotel worker protection policy, on 19 July 2021.
A group of West Hollywood hotel workers march ahead of a city council vote on a hotel worker protection policy, on 19 July 2021. Photograph: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/REX/Shutterstock

Sonia Molina Sanchez, worked as housekeeper at the celebrity hotspot hotel Chateau Marmont for 10 years. She will never forget the night she was sexually harassed by a guest.

“I knocked on a guest’s door and went inside, and as soon as I went inside something didn’t feel right,” said Molina Sanchez. “The guest was lying in bed as if he was about to go to sleep. I turned around and looked at him, and when I looked at him he was staring at me while masturbating. I felt violated, really disturbed, and just completely in shock.”

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