Member Profile: Don Olson

May 23, 2011 Don Olson — Server — Grand Hyatt San Francisco — 37 years of service My mother was born the year the Titanic sank.  She went to vocational school to learn telegraphy and then she went to work for Western Union.  She operated...

Member Profile: Cynthia Reed

Cynthia Reed — PBX Operator — Hyatt Regency San Francisco  – 22 years of service A lot of people ask me, “Why do you fight?  You don’t have children.”  I fight because my co-workers have children.  I fight because my co-workers...

Member Profile: Delia Medina

September 23, 2011 Delia Medina — Room Cleaner — Hyatt Regency — 37 years of service We’re human beings.  That was what I would say to the bosses whenever they were treating somebody badly.  I would say, We’re human beings, like...

Member Profile: Aurolyn Rush

August 16, 2011 Aurolyn Rush — 25 years — PBX Operator — Grand Hyatt I get my ways from my grandmother.  Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been in the front of the line.  I’m a leader, not a follower, and that’s just...

Member Profile: Antonia Cortez

August 5, 2011 Antonia Cortez — 35 years — Room Cleaner — Grand Hyatt When I was 19 years old and pregnant with my third child, my husband and I crossed the border from Mexico to the United States.  It was 1975, and we were traveling...