December 15: Protest Hyatt Health Care Cuts

Posted on December 10, 2011 by dsalaborblogmoderator
by Bob Roman

After more than two years of contract negotiations, crisis looms as Hyatt threatens to strip health insurance from 1500 Chicago workers and their families unless they give up their fight and abandon their boycotts. In so doing, Hyatt is forcing workers to choose between their families’ immediate medical needs and a fight for their long-term survival.

In negotiations, Hyatt has refused to budge on crucial demands to curb subcontracting and ease working conditions for housekeepers-demands met by Hilton and other hotel employers citywide. In response, Hyatt workers have stood up and made tough sacrifices by striking and calling for hotel boycotts.

UNITE HERE Local 1Protest Hyatt’s Health Care Cuts!Thursday, December 15, 3 PM to 4 PMHyatt International Headquarters, 71 S. Wacker Dr. Chicago
(Monroe & Wacker, NOT the Hyatt Regency)If you can’t attend the protest, please send a message to Hyatt’s CEO Mark Hoplamazian to maintain health insurance until Hyatt workers win a just settlement! CLICK HERE.

For more information about the boycott of Hyatt hotels, CLICK HERE.


This a crucial moment in the ongoing struggle with Hyatt, and the workers could lose in a really big way that would have implications for service sector organizing nation-wide. They are determined that this worst case scenario will not happen, but they surely would appreciate your help. The next negotiating session is a week after, so your participation Thursday would be very helpful indeed. If you can attend, please RSVP Levi Pine @ 312.296.7649. Whether you can attend or not, please forward this information to anyone you think would be interested or to any list where it would be appropriate.