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On November 19, Vancouver workers will join San Francisco, Toronto, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and other cities across North America in solidarity actions to support the "Hyatt 100," housekeepers fired from 3 Boston Hyatt hotels.
All 100 housekeepers at Hyatt's three non-union Boston area hotels were called into meetings and fired on August 31. They were given their last paychecks, plastic garbage bags and told to clean out their lockers and leave.
Many had worked at the hotels for more than 20 years. The long-time Hyatt housekeepers earning $16/hour were replaced by subcontracted employees making $8/hour. The long-time Hyatt housekeepers cleaned 16 rooms per day. The contract workers will clean 30-32 rooms per day.
Some housekeepers had to train the subcontractor's employees. When workers asked whether they were going to be replaced by subcontractors, supervisors consistently denied that this would happen.
Hyatt made $1.3 billion profit from 2004-2008.
Nearly all hotel housekeepers are women, and the work they do is difficult and sometimes dangerous.
Rally on November 19 at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver! Tell Hyatt Corporation: Housekeepers are not disposable!
