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2/3/2012	On Super Bowl weekend, NFL Players Association Director joins hundreds protesting Hyatt's subcontracting abuses
1/26/2012	Pine Inn Workers Approve Strike Vote
1/23/2012	Proposed OSHA Rules Seek to End Backbreaking Cleaning Practices for Hotel Housekeepers
1/19/2012	Federal Agency says Hyatt Andaz violated labor law for increasing housekeeper workload
1/9/2012	Collective Action Lawsuit Filed against 10 Indy Hotels and Subcontractor for Wage and Hour Violations
12/15/2011	Hundreds picket Hyatt HQ, protesting threats to cancel healthcare
12/15/2011	National Labor Relations Board Takes Sheraton Anchorage to Federal Court
12/8/2011	UNITE HERE Local 11 Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Five-Year Agreement with Disneyland Resort
12/5/2011	Disneyland Resort & UNITE HERE Local 11 Settle Five-Year Contract
12/2/2011	W Hollywood Hotel Workers File Complaints for Missed Breaks
11/30/2011	Hyatt threatens to cut off workers' healthcare
11/28/2011	UNITE HERE Commends Yale's End to Investments in HEI Hospitality
11/18/2011	Hyatt Housekeepers File Retaliation Charge with the EEOC
10/28/2011	Workers Walk Out at Ivy League's Sweatshop Hotel
10/14/2011	Laid-Off Hotel Bel-Air Workers and OCCUPY LA to Protest Hotel Bel-Air's Refusal to Bring Back 100+ Staff
10/10/2011	Hotel Bel-Air's Laid-Off Workers Call for their Jobs Back, Announce Massive Protests for Bel-Air's Opening Weekend
10/3/2011	State Orders Irvine Hotel to Pay Workers for Years of Missed Breaks
9/14/2011	Hyatt workers end strike, announce escalation of Hyatt boycott
9/14/2011	Hyatt workers close weeklong strike with picket line at 'heat lamps' Chicago Park Hyatt
9/14/2011	Hyatt workers close week-long strike with rush-hour rally on Sunset Strip
9/8/2011	Fashion's Night Out LA Celebrity Event to Collide with Hyatt Strike
9/8/2011	Workers Launch Strikes at San Francisco Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency
9/8/2011	Hyatt Workers in Four Cities Launch Strikes
9/7/2011	New Owners of Wilshire Hotel Restore Workers' Wages, Faith
9/1/2011	NLRB Administrative Law Judge Finds Sheraton Anchorage Hotel Guilty of Committing Numerous Unfair Labor Practices Against UNITE HERE Local 878 and its Members
9/1/2011	Carmel Hotel Workers Rising March
8/26/2011	W Hollywood Demanded Proof of Social Security Numbers 4 Days After Housekeepers Spoke Up about Heavy Workload
8/16/2011	Hotel Housekeepers Thank Lawmakers for Tackling Workingwomen's Injuries
8/10/2011	Community, students and hotel workers "blow the whistle" on HEI's mistreatment
8/5/2011	Sheraton Park Hotel Anaheim, UNITE HERE Local 11 Settle Contract
7/28/2011	In protests nationwide, hotel workers and students "blow the whistle" on HEI
7/28/2011	Charges filed against Hyatt for turning heat lamps on striking workers during heat wave
7/21/2011	Housekeepers hold Hyatt protests nationwide
7/19/2011	Housekeepers hold Hyatt protests nationwide
7/8/2011	Students Protest Higher Ed Cuts, Tax Breaks for Corporations
7/7/2011	UNITE HERE: Out and Proud for Pride 2011
6/30/2011	Report: Investigation into Hyatt's working conditions prompts Rabbis to pledge to treat Hyatt as "not kosher"
6/29/2011	Sportsmen's Lodge Hotel Workers Strike
6/23/2011	Anaheim Hilton, UNITE HERE Local 11 Settle New Contract for 700 Hotel Workers
6/22/2011	Hotel Housekeeping Bill to End "On Our Knees" Bathroom Cleaning and Backbreaking Bed-Making Practices Passes Assembly Labor Committee
6/20/2011	Hotel workers strike at the Hyatt Regency Chicago
6/15/2011	Hundreds Join Congress Hotel Strikers at 8th Anniversary Rally
6/8/2011	Hyatt Regency Waikiki Workers to take Boycott Authorization Vote
6/2/2011	Housekeepers nationwide speak out, launching campaign to end silence on hotel dangers
6/1/2011	Senate Approves Bill to End "On Your Knees" Bathroom Cleaning and Backbreaking Bed-Making Practices for Hotel Housekeepers
5/26/2011	CalOSHA Cites Hyatt Andaz Hotel for Hazardous Conditions, Recommends Fitted Sheets and Tools for Housekeepers
5/25/2011	Press statement regarding contract negotiations between Disney and its 2,100 Disneyland hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 11.
5/19/2011	Unfair Labor Practice Charges Filed on Behalf of Fired Housekeepers at HEI-owned Hilton Long Beach
5/13/2011	Workers and Students Crash HEI's Annual Investor Meeting
5/12/2011	Asilomar Workers and Supporters Rally to Protest Injuries and 5-Year Wage Freeze
4/27/2011	Whistle Blowing Housekeepers Fired After Challenging Working Conditions at HEI-owned Hilton Long Beach
4/21/2011	During Passover and Holy Week, California clergy gather for Hyatt workers
4/21/2011	Nurses stand with San Antonio Hyatt workers, providing free care to hotel workers and their families
4/20/2011	UNITE HERE and Starwood Hotels reach settlements in Chicago
4/13/2011	Hotel Housekeepers Converge on Sacramento to End "On Your Knees" Bathroom Cleaning and Backbreaking Bed-Making Practices
4/12/2011	Indiana OSHA cites Hyatt and hotel subcontractor HSS for health and safety violations
4/9/2011	Teachers, hotel workers and allies unite to take on billionaire Pritzkers
4/8/2011	Hotel workers, students hold National Day of Action, protesting HEI Hotels
4/7/2011	Joint Union-Management Statement on Resolution of Dispute at Hilton Garden Inn Monterey
3/28/2011	San Antonio Hyatt housekeeper to appear at White House event, honoring women organizing for safer workplaces
3/7/2011	UNITE HERE and Hilton reach settlements in Chicago, San Francisco, and Hawaii
3/2/2011	Union Hotel Workers at Four Starwood Hotels in Hawaii Authorize Strike
2/23/2011	Hotel Workers Call for Boycott of Hyatt Regency Santa Clara; Spirited Picket and Rally Draws Hundreds
2/22/2011	Brown University to Stop Investing in HEI Hotels
1/17/2011	Indianapolis-area leaders hold protest "sip-in" at Hyatt, honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1/14/2011	UNITE HERE Local 75 Members Ratify a New Contract at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto
12/20/2010	Vancouver Hotel Workers Ratify New Contract
12/16/2010	Blackstone: The Grinch Stealing the Recovery from Working Families
12/16/2010	Palmer House Hilton workers to strike, protesting $180M Hilton bailout
12/14/2010	San Antonio Community Groups Run Holiday Toy Drive for Hyatt Workers
12/8/2010	Irvine Clergy, Community Leaders Say, "Stop the Interference at Embassy Suites"
12/1/2010	Dream Inn Workers Ratify New Contract
11/18/2010	Hyatt Regency calls police on women wishing to help housekeepers clean rooms
11/18/2010	Women Supporting Housekeepers Volunteer to Help Clean Rooms at Hyatt
11/18/2010	Toronto women leaders offer help to housekeepers in protest of "fake green programs" at Sheraton Centre
11/10/2010	Washington, DC, Hotel Workers Rally on November 10
11/9/2010	Hyatt housekeepers in 8 cities file injury complaints with OSHA
11/8/2010	Delta Chelsea workers vote to accept new collective agreement by 94%
11/7/2010	Delta Chelsea workers reach tentative agreement
11/4/2010	In front of Hyatt Regency, clergy holds interfaith service for area hotel workers
11/4/2010	Toronto Labour movement calls for boycott of the Hyatt Regency Toronto
10/29/2010	"Level of service not disrupted?"
10/27/2010	Hyatt Regency Workers Join Grand Hyatt Employees in Fight for Justice and Dignity on the Riverwalk
10/27/2010	Delta Chelsea workers on strike!
10/21/2010	Radisson Toronto Airport Hotel Workers walk out
10/16/2010	Hilton workers strike, protesting $180M Hilton bailout
10/14/2010	Hawaii's Needs, Not Wall Street Greed
10/13/2010	Hilton workers strike over "recession contracts" after Hilton gets $180m from taxpayers
10/7/2010	Long Beach Hilton Workers Demand Back Pay for Missed Breaks
10/2/2010	Hotel workers threaten boycott at Hyatt Regency Toronto
10/1/2010	Despite G20 windfall, hotel companies cry poor at bargaining table
9/21/2010	Hotel workers to launch boycott at Hyatt Regency Vancouver
9/20/2010	Indianapolis Hyatt workers call for boycott
9/18/2010	Westin Prince workers stage final TIFF-week walkout
9/17/2010	Workers at two Toronto Hilton Hotels walk out
9/16/2010	Hilton Union Square Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Strike
9/16/2010	Hilton Workers vote 'YES' for the Future of Hawaii
9/16/2010	Striking Holiday Inn workers keep up pressure on Westmont
9/15/2010	Hotel workers launch boycott of three LA-area Hyatt hotels
9/15/2010	Toronto's Delta East Workers Strike Another Westmont Hotel
9/12/2010	Lack of respect spurs hotel worker strike at Hyatt Regency
9/10/2010	Fairmont Royal York Workers on Strike in Toronto
9/9/2010	Toronto's Royal York Hotel Workers Vote to Strike
9/3/2010	Hyatt workers strike at Hyatt O'Hare
9/3/2010	Hotel workers forced to take one-day strike at Hyatt Regency Toronto
9/2/2010	Workers on Strike at Hyatt Andaz on Sunset Strip
9/2/2010	Hyatt faces strikes and protests in cities across North America
9/1/2010	Workers Call for Boycott of HEI-owned Embassy Suites in Irvine
8/31/2010	Hundreds walk off the job at the Sheraton Chicago
8/26/2010	LA Hyatt Workers Authorize Strike
8/24/2010	Chicago Hyatt workers call for boycott
8/20/2010	UNITE HERE Local 251 Members Ratify Contract with Hilton Americas-Houston
8/19/2010	Chicago Hilton workers vote overwhelmingly to strike
8/18/2010	"Show Us the Tax Breaks" Premieres in Chicago
8/18/2010	Disneyland Employee Sent Home for Wearing Hijab
8/18/2010	Citing bailouts, hotel workers call on Bank of America to "Save Our Jobs"
8/5/2010	Irvine Hotel Workers Demand $180,000 in Back Pay for Years of Denied Breaks
7/29/2010	Chicago Hyatt workers authorize strike
7/15/2010	Hyatt faces protests in 15 cities across North America
7/8/2010	Judge rules: Blackstone Hotel illegally laid off workers
6/24/2010	Toronto Novotel workers strike as G20 delegates arrive
6/22/2010	Novotel talks break down at 11th hour
6/22/2010	Novotel Toronto, hotel workers in last ditch effort to avoid strike before G20 delegations arrive
6/17/2010	Novotel Ottawa workers to ask French Ambassador to help protect their rights; follows strike announcement in Toronto
6/16/2010	Hotel workers spotlight global giant Westmont in lead-up to G20
6/16/2010	Hotel Workers Rally to Mark Two Years of Struggle
6/14/2010	HEI Hotels and Resorts Reinstates Fired Union Leader After Year-Long Worker and Student Campaign
6/14/2010	Gutierrez honors Congress Hotel Strikers at 7th Anniversary Rally
6/9/2010	Global Hotel Corps Reap Gains, Vancouver’s Hotel Workers Left Behind
6/9/2010	Protests cloud Hyatt's first shareholders meeting
6/8/2010	Hyatt Regency San Francisco Workers on Strike
6/3/2010	Toronto Hotel Workers Authorize Strike
5/26/2010	Hundreds walk off the job at the Hyatt Regency
5/5/2010	Sheraton, Delta hotels told to stop "fake green" programs foisted on guests
4/14/2010	Latina Housekeeper Injuries Spotlighted at OSHA Summit
4/13/2010	Hyatt Hotel Workers Reject Company Attempt to Slash Worker Healthcare
4/7/2010	San Francisco Hilton Hotel Workers on Strike
3/25/2010	Fed up with layoffs and pay cuts, hotel workers boycott 8 Columbia Sussex hotels
2/19/2010	Hotel Workers Picket in Support of Boycott
1/7/2010	AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka Calls on Hyatt Corp. to Address Workload and Raise Working Standards
1/5/2010	San Francisco Hotel Workers Heat Up the New Year
12/16/2009	Hotel Workers Announce Boycott of the W Hotel
11/18/2009	Hotel workers' fight comes to Oakland
11/18/2009	Workers on Strike at Westin St. Francis Hotel
11/13/2009	Palace Hotel Strike Ends, Boycott Continues
11/10/2009	Palace Hotel Workers on Strike
11/9/2009	Hotel Workers throughout North America Call on Hyatt to Rehire "The Boston 100"
11/5/2009	Hotel Workers on Strike at Grand Hyatt in San Francisco
11/4/2009	Hotel workers, One King West and Giambrone challenge others to go green with employer-subsidized Metropasses
11/2/2009	Union Makes Proposal to Avert Strike
10/29/2009	Workers vote to authorize a strike at 5 Chicago-area hotels
10/26/2009	Indianapolis Area hotel workers to march with "Hope Quilt"
10/26/2009	On eve of hotel strike vote, workers picket and pay tribute to historic 6-year strike at Congress Hotel
10/21/2009	San Francisco Hotel Workers take City-Wide Strike Vote
10/5/2009	Federal government to take Blackstone Hotel to trial before an administrative law judge
9/29/2009	Hundreds of Long Beach Hotel Workers to Lead "Hope for Housekeepers" March, Launch of 7-City National Tour
9/24/2009	Fired Boston housekeeper appeals to Penny Pritzker
9/24/2009	Hundreds to be arrested in civil disobedience action
9/1/2009	Fed up with cuts, workers put hotels on notice: "We won't sacrifice our health for corporate profit"
8/14/2009	San Francisco Hotel Workers March for Fair Contract
7/20/2009	InterContinental Chicago O'Hare to Sign New Union Contract
6/15/2009	Quinn honors Congress Hotel Strikers at 6th Anniversary Rally
5/18/2009	At fundraiser, Obama backs Indy hotel workers
5/11/2007	Congress Strikers Freedom Rally
4/9/2007	Hotel Workers Rising Comes to Nation’s Capitol
9/29/2006	Sacramento Sheraton Workers to Rally for Fair Contract
8/23/2006	Chicago Hyatt, Hilton Workers Authorize Strike
8/9/2006	Toronto Hotel Workers defer strike action to support World AIDS Conference
7/29/2006	Hilton, N.Y. Hotel and Motel Trades Council Reach Tentative Agreement
9/3/2005	Hotel Workers Union Announces End of Boycott at One of Fourteen San Francisco Hotels
12/31/1969	Housekeepers nationwide speak out, launching campaign to end silence on hotel dangers

News and Updates NFL Players Association Director joins hundreds protesting Hyatt's subcontracting abuses February 3, 2012 Hundreds of hotel workers and supporters, including DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, Indianapolis City Council President Maggie A. Lewis, and Majority Leader Vernon Brown, are taking part in a protest outside the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis... Read more updates	Spotlight on Hyatt In city after city across North America, Hyatt Hotels is leading the fight against middle class jobs for hotel workers. Read more	Sleep with the Right People A coalition between the LGBT community and UNITE HERE fighting for the fair and equal treatment of all individuals. Read more

	Hyatt 100 July 22, 2011. Thirty-five people were arrested for trespassing at the Hyatt Regency Thursday afternoon during a protest against the Hyatt's treatment of cleaning staff... Read more	Housekeepers are Getting Hurt Studies show that hotel workers have an injury rate 25% higher than all service workers.... Read more

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Media Relations

News and Updates

NFL Players Association Director joins hundreds protesting Hyatt's subcontracting abuses

Spotlight on Hyatt

Sleep with the Right People

Hyatt 100

Housekeepers are Getting Hurt