Hyatt suddenly lays off housekeepers

[ron_newman]

Some of the staff we all love at the Hyatt were suddenly laid off last month -- after being asked to train their replacements:

Housekeepers lose Hyatt jobs to outsourcing

When the housekeepers at the three Hyatt hotels in the Boston area were asked to train some new workers, they said they were told the trainees would be filling in during vacations.

On Aug. 31, staffers learned the full story: None of them would be making the beds and cleaning the showers any longer. All of them were losing their jobs. The trainees, it turns out, were employees of a Georgia company, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, who were replacing them that day.

Comments

[miss-lisa-ma.livejournal.com]

I think waiting, even a couple of days, might be a wise idea. I have a feeling that unfolding events may present us either a solution or an option for action.

If one or more of the local unions aren't in front of the Hyatt tomorrow morning with one bad-ass picket line, I'd be shocked. The size and level of anger against Hyatt on the Boston.com comments thread surprised me. People are posting the Hyatt's corporate email info, the fact that Pres. Obama's campaign finance chair was a member of the family that owns Hyatt, and TONS of people have already alerted Hyatt that they will no longer stay there or book conventions/events there. Let's consider letting these things play out for at least a day or three, then revisit.

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

The size and level of anger against Hyatt on the Boston.com comments thread surprised me.

Not me - I have seen tons of vocal online support for various issues, but actually putting boot leather on the ground?

That's beneath many of Boston's finest commentors.

As for boycotts, how badly is Nestle doing?

[gravitrue.livejournal.com]

some boycotts work, others don't.

[ron_newman]

from the Globe story: "the Hyatt housekeepers were not part of the union but reached out to Local 26, which is organizing a picket and rally in support of the housekeepers today at 5 p.m. at the downtown [Boston] Hyatt."