Boston room attendants fight on to win back jobs Hyatt outsourced

Hyatt Hotels has unsuccessfully tried to quell the firestorm of criticism that followed its firing of 98 Boston housekeepers by promising them new jobs at their old wages. However, the new jobs would not be with Hyatt but would instead be temporary placements with United Service Companies, a temporary staffing agency similar to the one whose workers (at $8 per hour and no medical benefits) are now filling the jobs of the fired room attendants.

United Service Companies services hotels, hospitals, and shopping centers throughout the United States, and the fired room attendants would not be guaranteed placement in a hotel. Hyatt has promised that the workers would be paid their original rate of $15 per hour, but it would only be guaranteed through the end of 2010. The fired room attendants have not yet accepted the offer.

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