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Gloria Steinem backs fired housekeepers and pledges to honor Hyatt boycotts!

Jan 28th, 2012

On January 27, former Hyatt housekeepers Martha and Lorena Reyes shared their story with feminist luminary Gloria Steinem at an event organized by Stanford University on the future of feminism. The Reyes sisters explained how Hyatt had fired them after Martha Reyes had objected to the posting of sexually suggestive photos of herself and her sister on a company bulletin board.  The sisters have since filed complaints with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).  Steinem showed her support for the Reyes sisters by pledging to honor the Hyatt boycotts.

The Reyes sisters’ story was featured in this Stanford Daily article about the Steinem event.


The call to "Boycott Hyatt" does not include the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa and the Grand Hyatt Kauai, which have current collective bargaining agreements with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union; The Hyatt Regency Montreal, which has a contract with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN); the Hyatt Regeny Milwaukee and the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade, which have contracts with SEIU; and does not include the following Hyatt hotels with current UNITE HERE collective bargaining agreements: Grand Hyatt New York, Andaz 5th Avenue, Andaz Wall Street, Hyatt Hotel (Highway One Monterey), Hyatt Regency Monterey, Hyatt Penn's Landing (Philadelphia), Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina, Hyatt Regency on King (Toronto), Park Hyatt Toronto, Hyatt Regency Vancouver, Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, Hyatt Rosemont, Hyatt Place San Jose, Hyatt Place Braintree (MA), Hyatt Carmel Highlands Inn, and Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, the non-opened Park Hyatts in New York, the non-opened Portland Oregon Convention Center Hyatt Hotel, the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, the Hyatt The Pike Long Beach.

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