Seattle police arrested 21 demonstrators for blocking traffic in downtown Seattle for a little over two hours.

Twenty-one people were arrested Monday for blocking a downtown Seattle street as part of a protest pushing for higher wages for hotel workers.

Demonstrators blocked the street outside of The Westin hotel on 5th Avenue. According to Seattle police, 12 women and nine men moved into the road around 4 p.m. and refused to stop blocking traffic.

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