Hyatt workers in S.F. walk off the job
Jun 8, 2010, 9:41 am
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Hyatt workers in S.F. walk off the job
Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco have walked off their jobs this morning, according to union representatives.
About 400 workers are apparently using the hotel company's shareholder meeting in Chicago this week to highlight ongoing contract disagreements and walk off their jobs at the hotel at 5 Embarcadero Center about 6 a.m.
More walkouts and worker boycotts are expected this week at other Hyatt properties, according to Unite Here Local 2 spokesperson Riddhi Mehta.
About 400 workers are apparently using the hotel company's shareholder meeting in Chicago this week to highlight ongoing contract disagreements and walk off their jobs at the hotel at 5 Embarcadero Center about 6 a.m.
More walkouts and worker boycotts are expected this week at other Hyatt properties, according to Unite Here Local 2 spokesperson Riddhi Mehta.
Jun 8, 2010, 11:02 am
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Local 2 of Unite (the Hotel and Culinary Workers Union) has long been a very active and aggressive union:
http://www.unitehere2.org/
And also, San Francisco has long been a hotbed of labor activism: a rare U.S. general strike was declared in 1934, with Harry Bridges of the Longshoreman's Union in the lead. The waterfront aspect of the strike spread throughout West Coast ports and caused significant changes.