Dozens of Hyatt hotel workers gathered outside the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Chicago last week to protest what they call “longstanding labor abuses” by the [company]...The protesters were members of UNITE HERE, a labor union...[that] reached agreement on wages and benefits [with Hyatt] years ago...[but] remains unsatisfied with Hyatt’s intransigence on...subcontracting and workplace safety...UNITE HERE spokesperson Annemarie Strassel [says]...Hyatt has refused to replace flat bed sheets with fitted sheets, which can significantly reduce the strain of the work...Hyatt charges that UNITE HERE has intentionally stalled labor negotiations in order to recruit more members and thereby increase the money it makes in dues...Hyatt also argues that UNITE HERE has opposed secret-ballot voting...[and] intimidated non-union workers to join. [also refers to Hospitality Staffing Solutions, Starwood Hotels, Hilton Hotels]