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This Valentine’s Day, LGBT Community ‘Breaks Up’ with Hyatt Hotels

Feb 11th, 2012

Hundreds of hotel workers, LGBTQ activists and OUT and Occupy coalition members rallied in front of the Hyatt Andaz in West Hollywood on Saturday, Feb. 11 to “break up” with Hyatt Hotels. Hyatt hotel workers and community allies stand together in the fight for equal rights and fair working conditions at Hyatt Hotels.

“The price of a good night’s sleep should not mean breaking the backs of hotel workers in the Hyatt chain. Fair wages, safe conditions, and respect for all workers are important to gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer and transgendered people. That’s why Out and Occupy wants hotel workers to know you have our deep respect and solidarity,” said Scott Tucker, former bar and restaurant worker, and Out and Occupy member.

Hyatt says it’s a friend to the LGBT community. But Hyatt workers’ injury rates are high, their wages are low, and immigrant women are exploited by Hyatt’s housekeeping subcontractors. These practices do not demonstrate a commitment to true equality.


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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