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Unite Here rallies support for housekeepers fired by Hyatt
NYHTC, December 1, 2009 - Despite their firings from three Boston Hyatts at the end of August 2009, the almost 100 housekeepers who lost their jobs and their means of support have not been forgotten. [more...]
Related issues: Boston, Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting, Unite Here

Boston Hyatt housekeepers ask: where is our family medical coverage?
NYHTC, November 25, 2009 - After Hyatt Hotels received deeply negative media coverage for firing nearly 100 housekeepers in Boston this past August, the company committed to keeping the housekeepers' existing health insurance coverage through March 2010. [more...]
Related issues: Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting, Boston

Fired Boston Hyatt housekeepers gain support of environmental legislators
Boston Herald, October 23, 2009 - A national group of environmentally attuned state legislators promised a national boycott of the Hyatt chain for its outsourcing of the jobs of 98 housekeepers. [more...]
Related issues: Boston, Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting

Fired Hyatt housekeepers keep fighting, gain more support
Boston Globe & AFL-CIO, October 2, 2009 - The Boston housekeepers Hyatt fired in August want their original jobs back and have rejected the replacement positions Hyatt arranged for them with a temporary staffing agency. [more...]
Related issues: Boston, Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting

Ordinance to protect jobs of hotel workers clears hurdle in Providence
Providence Journal, October 2, 2009 - An ordinance to protect workers' jobs for up to six months following a change in management has cleared the first of two City Council hurdles in Providence, Rhode Island. [more...]
Related issues: Subcontracting, Providence, Politics

Boston room attendants fight on to win back jobs Hyatt outsourced
Boston Globe, NY Times, and Reuters, October 1, 2009 - Hyatt Hotels has unsuccessfully tried to quell the firestorm of criticism that followed its firing of 98 Boston housekeepers by promising them new jobs at their old wages. [more...]
Related issues: Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting, Boston

Hilton wants right to subcontract all jobs; management letter tells workers not to worry
Noticias desde la Gastronómica , September 29, 2009 - On Monday September 14, in a room filled with over 200 witnesses, Hilton's negotiating team handed workers' representatives a contract demand that would give the company the absolute right to eliminate every union job in the Caribe Hilton, the Condado Plaza, and the El San Juan Hotel and Casino, and replace the employees with subcontracted workers. [more...]
Related issues: Puerto Rico, Contract Fight, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Subcontracting

Hilton exige el derecho a subcontratar todos los trabajos; carta de la administración les dice a los empleados que no se preocupen
Noticias desde la Gastronómica , September 29, 2009 - El lunes, 14 de septiembre, en un salón lleno con más de 200 testigos, el equipo de negociación del Hilton les entregó a los representantes una demanda del contrato que le otorgaría a la compañía el derecho absoluto de eliminar todos los trabajos unionados en el Caribe Hilton, el Condado Plaza, y el Hotel y el Casino de El San Juan, y reemplazar a los empleados por trabajadores subcontratados. [more...]
Related issues: Puerto Rico, Contract Fight, Hilton Hotels Corporation, Subcontracting

Boston Hyatt fires 100 housekeepers; Governor calls for boycott
NYHTC, September 23, 2009 - Hyatt Hotel Corporation fired 100 non-union housekeepers at three Boston-area hotels and subcontracted their jobs to workers from a Georgia-based staffing agency. [more...]
Related issues: Contract Enforcement, Hyatt Hotel Corporation, Subcontracting, Boston

A review of the unresolved issues with Hilton
Hotel Voice, July 10, 2006 - While contract talks with Hilton had a more civil tone on July 6 and some progress was made, there are several very serious issues that remain far from resolved. Here is a brief review of some of these issues: [more...]
Related issues: Hilton Hotels Corporation, Contract Fight, Subcontracting, Health & Safety