Hyatt, coalition trade jabs over housekeepers’ treatment
Safety in the workplace is one of the key issues behind a global boycott that has been launched against Hyatt Hotels – by a coalition that includes an unlikely assortment of organizations. The NFL Players Association, AFL-CIO, National Organization for Women, LGBT groups and others are joining Hyatt housekeepers in the protest, which is being promoted by Unite Here.
“Hyatt has singled itself out as the worst hotel employer in America,” said John Wilhelm, president of Unite Here. Wilhelm charged the hotel chain with, among other things, imposing dangerous workloads on its housekeepers. “Hyatt systematically abuses housekeepers and other hotel workers, and it is unacceptable in 2012 that women endure debilitating injuries as a result of the work they do cleaning rooms.”