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Feds Tell Hyatt To Lighten Housekeepers' Load

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Labor, Video, Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Chicago, Housekeeping, Housekeepers, Ergonomics, Unite Here, Workplace Safety, Osha, Labor Unions, Hyatt, Business News

After performing a series of hotel inspections, the federal agency that oversees workplace safety has sent a rare letter to the Hyatt Corporation reco...

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Expanding Title VII to Cover Union Organizing

Jake Blumgart | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Civil Rights Act, Fishtown, Richard-Kahlenberg, Thomas Geoghegan, Sugarhouse-Casino-Philadelphia, Sugarhouse-Casino, Philadelphia, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Politics News

Today, with unions weaker than ever before, and an influential wing of the Democratic Party shot through with anti-labor, pro-business ideology, it seems doubtful that even a carefully calibrated proposal like this could get through a Democratic-dominated Congress.

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For Cesar Chavez Day, Can Pomona College Give Peace a Chance? Si, Se puede!

María Elena Durazo | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: United Farm Workers, Cesar Chavez Day, Undocumented Immigrants, Ufw, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Immigrants, Pomona College, Labor Unions, Cesar Chavez, Immigration Reform, Labor, Organizing, Union Organizing, Maria Elena Durazo, Unite Here, Unions, Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, Latino Voices News

The fight for a union at Pomona's dining hall continues, and unfortunately, so does the Pomona Administration's opposition.

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Activists: Chicago's Richest Family Not Paying Enough Taxes

Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Pritzker Property Taxes, Pritzker Property Tax Reductions, Report Reveals Pritzker Property Tax Reductions, Hyatt Boycott, Pritzker Tax Reductions, Pritzker Family Property Taxes, Unite Here, Union Report on Pritzker Property Taxes, Chicago News

Updated story A group of Chicago homeowners, hospitality workers and community leaders is calling on Chicago's wealthiest family to pay their fair ...

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Airport Workers Fight For Job Security

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Mayor Emanuel, Westfield Management, Chicago Aviation Partners, Stable Jobs Stable Airports Ordinance, O'Hare Airport, Chicago Business, O'Hare, Unite Here, O'hare Concessions Contract, Westfield, Chicago News

Hundreds of workers from Chicago's Midway and O'Hare airports will descend on City Hall Wednesday morning to attend a City Council meeting on the turn...

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Working Poor Stiffed Millions In Wages: Lawsuit

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hotels, Marriott, Labor, Indianapolis, Wage Theft, Hotel Workers, Hyatt Hotels, Restaurants, Hss, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Holiday Inn, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, Labor Unions, Latino Voices News

More than a dozen low-level hotel workers in Indianapolis have filed a class-action lawsuit against ten of the city's hotels and a labor staffing agen...

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The 99 Percent Takes Office: Lessons From A Rhode Island Special Election

Amy B. Dean | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Carmen Castillo, Labor, U. S. Labor Movement, Unite Here, Rhode Island, Labor Movement, Labor Unions, Unions, Politics News

If labor and other progressive groups are going to rebuild an economy that works for the 99 percent in America, they need to do great organizing in workplaces and communities and they also need to build deep coalitions among themselves. But that's not enough.

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PHOTOS: 17 Arrested Protesting Firing Of Undocumented Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Claremont College Protest, Collective Bargaining, Undocumented Immigrants, Immigration, Pomona College Protest, Illegal Immigrants Pomona, Undocumented Workers Union, Dining Hall Workers Pomona, Unite-Here-Local-11, E-Verify, Immigration Reform, Video, Pomona College Sit-In, Illegal Immigrants Fired Pomona, Unite Here, Claremont College Sit-In, Undocumented Workers, Los Angeles News

Story has been updated to reflect the latest arrest numbers. Pomona College dining hall workers and their supporters conducted a sit-in Friday to p...

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Hotel Worker Tells Story Behind Viral Resignation Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Hotels, Marriott, Jobs Crisis, Labor, Video, Unemployment, Joey-Quits, Joey Quits Video, Hotel Jobs, Joey Defrancesco, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Unions, Business News

Like almost anyone who's ever held down a job, Joey DeFrancesco harbored dreams of one day quitting work in spectacular fashion. The way 23-year-o...

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Massachusetts City Moves To Ban Outsourcing Of Hotel Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Cambridge Massachusetts, Outsourcing, Hotels, Video, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Hyatt Hotels, Business News

The City of Cambridge, Mass., has moved to create an ordinance that will effectively bar hotels from outsourcing in-house jobs, the first ban of its k...

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Religious Leaders Join Hyatt Strikers, Host Interfaith Prayer

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Hotels, Hyatt Strike, Unite Here Local 1, Hyatt Heat Lamps, Chicago, Hyatt Strike Chicago, Hyatt Regency, Hotel Workers Strike, Hyatt Strike Heat Lamps, Union Rights, Unite Here, Housekeepers, San Francisco, Unions, Labor Unions, Hyatt Contract Negotiations, Chicago News

Citing “the calling of their faith traditions to do justice for the oppressed,” Jewish, Christian and Muslim clergy will join employees striking a...

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Hyatt Workers In The Midst Of Weeklong Strike

Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Hyatt Strike, Unite Here Local 1, Hyatt Strike Chicago, Hotel Workers Strike, Hyatt Strike Heat Lamps, Union Rights, Housekeepers, Los Angeles, Labor Unions, Hotels, Chicago, Hyatt Regency, Unite Here, Honolulu, Unions, Worker's Rights, San Francisco, Hyatt Contract Negotiations, Chicago News

Hyatt hotel workers in Chicago on Thursday morning joined their fellow unionized workers in three other cities with the launch of a weeklong strike ou...

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As Big Hotels Outsource Jobs, Workers Lose Hold On Living Wage

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Boston, Marriott, Video, Indianapolis, Indiana, Deval Patrick, Labor Unions, Outsourcing, Hotels, Labor, Hyatt Hotels, Dishwasher, Housekeeping, Unite Here, Business News

INDIANAPOLIS -- Maria Fajardo has been working as a housekeeper and janitor in Indianapolis hotels since 1987. The job has changed a lot in 24 years, ...

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WATCH: Union Files Complaint Over Hyatt Heat Lamp Incident

Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Hyatt Strike, Hotel Workers, Unite Here Local 1, Hyatt Heat Lamps, Hyatt Strike Chicago, Hotel Workers Strike, Hyatt Strike Heat Lamps, Union Rights, Housekeepers, Labor Unions, Hotels, Chicago, Hyatt Regency, Unite Here, Unions, San Francisco, Hyatt Contract Negotiations, Chicago News

Unite Here Local 1, a union representing some 170 Park Hyatt Chicago hotel workers who have been without a contract for nearly two years, announced Th...

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Hyatt Protest Heats Up: Hotel Turns Heat Lamps On Union Strikers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jen Sabella | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Hyatt Strike, Hyatt Heat Lamps, Unite Here Local 1, Hyatt Strike Chicago, Hotel Workers Strike, Hyatt Strike Heat Lamps, Union Rights, Housekeepers, Labor Unions, Hotels, Chicago, Hyatt Regency, Unite Here, Unions, San Francisco, Hyatt Contract Negotiations, Chicago News

UPDATE: The Hyatt released the following statement regarding the heat lamps being turned on Chicago strikers: Hyatt regrets the events that occurr...

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Union Hyatt Regency Workers Hold One-Day Strike

Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Labor, Strikes, Hotel Workers, Unite Here Local 1, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Protests, Chicago Business, Unite Here, Labor Protests, Union, Chicago News

Union workers at Chicago's Hyatt Regency launched a one-day strike Monday at the 151 E. Wacker Drive location as they called for better working condit...

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Hilton Chicago Strike: Workers Protest 'Cheap Recession Contracts'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilton Chicago, Hilton Chicago Trike, Hilton Strike, Unite Here, Hilton, Unite Here Local 1, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Hundreds of Hilton Chicago Hotel workers started a three-day strike Saturday that union officials say is in protest of the hotel chain...

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Labor's Missed Opportunity

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afl-Cio, Labor, Unite Here, Democrats, Labor Unions, Richard Trumka, Seiu, Andy Stern, Private-Sector-Unions, Politics News

Labor's ongoing failure to achieve its national legislative goals speaks to an institutional dysfunction that transcends particular union leaders like Dick Trumka and Andy Stern.

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Credit Reports Only Where Credit Is Due

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Reform, House of Representatives, Credit Crisis, Unite Here, House Financial Services Subcommittee on Consumer Credit, Credit Reports, Legislation, Consumer Credit, Steve Cohen, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, Luis Gutierrez, Chicago News

If credit checks reinforce discrimination, don't accurately measure financial responsibility, and don't dependably predict job performance, why are so many employers using them?

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Legislative Prospects for Immigration Reform: An Interview With Marshall Fitz

Daniel Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Agjobs, John McCain, Cato Institute, Marshall Fitz, Congressman James Sensenbrenner, President Obama, George W. Bush, Senator Charles Schumer, Afl-Cio, Immigration, Jon Kyl, Deportation, Ted Kennedy, Center for American Progress, Unite Here, Immigration Reform, Senate, DREAM Act, Immigration Enforcement, Reform Immigration for America, Chamber of Commerce, Senator Lindsey Graham, Immigration Policy Center (IPC), Seiu, Midterm Elections, Politics News

I spoke with Fitz to explore the current context in the Beltway. We discussed the congressional politics on immigration in 2007 and 2010 and the significance of Latino voting patterns for the prospects of immigration reform.

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Labor Legend Dolores Huerta Rips SEIU For Worker Intimidation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Service Employees, Mary Kay Henry, Seiu West Coast, Dolores Huerta, Seiu, Huerta Seiu, Unions California, National Union of Healthcare Workers, Unite Here, Nuhw, Politics News

A legend of the labor movement stepped into the turmoil engulfing organized labor in California on Tuesday, pressing the new head of the Service Emplo...

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Sock Puppets and Sugar Daddies: NOM and GOProud Go Hand in Hand

Rick Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Andrew Breitbart, California, Prop 8, Hyatt Hotels, National Organization for Marriage, Doug Manchester, Fred Karger, Courage Campaign, Unite Here, Goproud, Politics News

The story of NOM and GOProud stands as a sad commentary on desperate people who realize that they stand at the fringes of America and history itself. Until progress prevails, we'll hold them all accountable.

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From Civil War to Labor Vision

Amy B. Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organized Labor, Unite Here, Seiu Settlement, Labor Unions, Seiu, Politics News

The announcement of a settlement between two rivaling unions should be an occasion for us to refocus on what the labor movement is really about.

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SEIU-UNITE HERE Settlement Reached

Randy Shaw | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, John Wilhelm, Mary Kay Henry, Andy Stern, Unite Here, Labor Unions, Barack Obama, Seiu, Politics News

After an 18-month battle that began with SEIU believing it could affect a hostile takeover of a fellow international union, the two unions reached a settlement today almost entirely on UNITE HERE's terms.

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John Delloro's Legacy of Labor Leadership

Jonah Lalas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organizing, Labor, Ucla, Activism, Afl-Cio, Asian Americans, Community Organizing, John Delloro, Dolores Huerta Labor Institute, Filipino, Unite Here, Service Employees International Union, Unions, Seiu, Apala, Impact News

Workers are not perfect, John would remind us, but even if they are racist, sexist, homophobic, or anti-immigrant, they need to be organized.

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