IRVINE — A few dozen Embassy Suites workers who claim they are routinely denied breaks walked off the job in Irvine today, organizers said, while the hotel put the number much lower.

The workers have filed a complaint with the state Department of Industrial Relations, claiming they are owed $180,000 in back pay for denied breaks, said Nick Sifuentes of the public policy organization Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy, which is helping the workers with their protest and attempt to unionize.