Global Hyatt Boycott Launches

After many years of struggle, Hyatt workers and allies launched a global boycott of Hyatt on July 23, 2012. Leaders from the AFL-CIO, the NFL Players Association, the National Organization of Women (NOW), the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Netroots...

Thousands demand that Hyatt put the Reyes sisters back to work

November 23, 2011 Martha and Lorena Reyes, the Hyatt Santa Clara housekeepers who filed retaliation charges with the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission), are still out of work this Thanksgiving.  Since Friday, however, when over 100 community...

“This is what a movement looks like!”

“This is what a movement looks like!” said David Harlan, a Stanford Court hotel worker. Over 250 law school staff, librarians and professors and hotel workers demonstrated alongside each other in efforts to urge attendees of the Association...

Hotel Frank Boycott Heats Up

February 16, 2011 Last Tuesday, more than 60 hotel workers and community supporters engaged in a lively picket line outside the boycotted Hotel Frank. The hotel has been sold to AEW Capital, but Provenance Hotels is still managing the property and problems...

Workers Across Country tell Hyatt to Negotiate Fair Contracts, Stop Sweeping Housekeeper Injuries Under the Rug

February 11, 2011 23 Workers, Clergy, and Community Supporters Arrested for Civil Disobedience at Hyatt Regency Yesterday, over 350 workers picketed at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown San Francisco to protest Hyatt’s refusal to settle a fair...