Her hotel has eliminated daily room cleaning, so she is cleaning dirtier rooms, while rushing to keep up with checkout rooms as well. She makes $16.25 an hour and is pushing for a wage increase to account for the rising cost of living and to attract workers, as her department has been severely understaffed, which has contributed to increased workloads and a lot of overtime.
“I have to think about which bill to pay at the end of the month because I have to have the money either for the rent or for the bills and then I’ll pay the other with the next check.”
