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

[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.