15 Search Results for "Boston"

Fired Boston Hyatt housekeepers gain support of environmental legislators

A national group of environmentally attuned state legislators promised a national boycott of the Hyatt chain for its outsourcing of the jobs of 98 housekeepers.

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.

Boston Hyatt fires 100 housekeepers; Governor calls for boycott

Hyatt Hotel Corporation fired 100 non-union housekeepers at three Boston-area hotels and subcontracted their jobs to workers from a Georgia-based staffing agency.

Boston Hyatt housekeepers ask:  where is our family medical coverage?

After Hyatt Hotels received deeply negative media coverage for firing nearly 100 housekeepers in Boston this past August, the company committed to keeping the housekeepers' existing health insurance coverage through March 2010.

Fired Hyatt housekeepers keep fighting, gain more support

The Boston housekeepers Hyatt fired in August want their original jobs back and have rejected the replacement positions Hyatt arranged for them with a temporary staffing agency.

Unite Here rallies support for housekeepers fired by Hyatt

Despite their firings from three Boston Hyatts at the end of August 2009, the almost 100 housekeepers who lost their jobs and their means of support have not been forgotten.

Paladino takes back his touted radical budget cut plan

One of the primary tenets of Carl Paladino's campaign for governor has been his plan to fix New York State's budget problems: a 20 percent spending cut, paired with a 10 percent tax cut. Newsday reported, in an article the Boston Herald picked up, that the millionaire real estate developer told reporters his original plan was "unrealistic" and, according to experts, would take 18 months to two years to implement.

NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF LOCAL 6 DELEGATES 
TO THE UNITE HERE CONVENTION

Notice is hereby given to all members of the Hotel, Restaurant & Club Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 6 (“Local 6”) that a date has been set for nominations and election of Local 6 delegates to the Convention of UNITE HERE to be held on June 25-27, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts. Elected delegates will be nominating and electing officers of UNITE HERE at the UNITE HERE Convention.

President-Elect Biden: “the government should encourage the formation of unions”

On January 8, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden announced the nominations for the key members of his economic team, including leadership at the United States Department of Labor. The President-elect committed that under the Biden-Harris administration, our government will not only protect the rights of workers to organize, but actually encourage the formation of unions in an effort to help our economy recover and rebuild our nation’s middle class. Read more...

Hotel Industry, Union Remember Anne Power

The New York City hotel industry was shaken recently when Anne Power passed away. She was a veteran of the human resources departments at several hotels in our city, beginning at the St. Regis, and serving as the director at the Palace and the Westin Times Square, and she was highly respected by everyone. She was only 54 years of age when she passed away, adding to the great sadness her loss caused us.