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Article

23 Jul 2012

Author:
Francine Knowles, Chicago Sun-Times [USA]

Union calls for worldwide boycott of Hyatt Hotels

Labor unrest at Hyatt Hotels…escalated…as Unite Here called for a global boycott of the Chicago-based hotel chain and the company took out a full-page Washington Post ad blasting the union campaign…Unite Here has been engaged in a long battle with the company protesting the outsourcing of jobs and working conditions…“Hyatt has abused housekeepers and other hotel workers, replacing longtime employees with minimum wage temporary workers and imposing dangerous workloads on those who remain.”