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Thousands could lose coverage under Hyatt’s proposal; Clergy denounce Hyatt’s “harsh tactics”Hundreds of hotel workers and allies are picketing at Hyatt’s global headquarters today in protest of Hyatt’s proposal to strip health insurance from Chicago hotel workers and their families after more than two years of contract negotiations. Bargaining between Hyatt and the members of […]
After more than two years of bargaining, contract negotiations between Hyatt Hotels and members of UNITE HERE Local 1 hit a crisis point last Monday when Hyatt threatened to cut off health benefits unless workers give up their fight and abandon their boycotts. In response, hotel workers, religious leaders, and health advocates are holding a […]
In recent weeks, the Board of Education has waged a fierce attack in the media on teachers represented by CTU Local 1 in the Chicago Public School system, focused primarily on the length of the school day. Now-in a show of support for CPS teachers-Local 1 and other unions representing thousands of service and support […]
In an emblematic fight over the direction of our economy, today Hyatt workers in Chicago join thousands of Hyatt hotel workers in launching week-long strikes in cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu. Workers from the Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Hyatt McCormick are participating in local strikes. By striking, workers are standing […]
Hotel workers are filing charges with the government against Hyatt for turning heat lamps on striking workers at the Park Hyatt Chicago during a brutal heat wave that swept the region last Thursday, July 21. After nearly two year of contract negotiations, hotel workers went on strike in protest of Hyatt’s abuse of housekeepers and […]
After nearly two years of negotiations, housekeepers, dishwashers, bellmen and other hotel workers are going on strike at the Park Hyatt. Hyatt, a company that has more cash on hand than most of its competitors combined, wants to outsource work and impose dangerous working conditions on housekeepers. Today’s strike in Chicago coincides with Hyatt protests […]
Hundreds of religious leaders to join workers on the picket line at world’s largest Hyatt After 20 months of negotiations, housekeepers, dishwashers, bellmen and other hotel workers are going on strike at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the largest Hyatt property in the world. Hyatt, a company run by billionaires, wants to outsource work and impose […]