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Truth Out (Free subscription) | yesterday
San Francisco, California, November 6, 2009 - The first of what may be many strikes hit San Francisco's Class A hotels when workers launched a 3-day strike against the Hyatt Grand, one of the city's largest and most luxurious. The contract with the workers' union, Unite Here Local 2, expired in June. Since then, Local 2 has been trying to bargain a new agreement in the middle...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Striking San Francisco hotel workers had good reason to join with the mayor in calling for a City Hall sit-down with hotel owners - the fact is, conditions are not in the union's favor. For starters, it's late. The hotels' prime convention season of September...
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AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
More than 5,100 members of the Transport Workers (TWU) ended their strike in Philadelphia this morning, and more news from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 1,200 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work . NEGOTIATIONS...
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UNHCR (Free subscription) | yesterday
Zimbabwean hotel worker has reason to smile again in South Africa, 9 November 2009© UNHCR/P.RulasheLangton Sanyanga shows off his new skills at the Cape Town hotel where he now works.CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 9 (UNHCR) When Langton Sanyanga fled his native Zimbabwe for South Africa almost two years ago, the 22-year-old thought he would soon find a job in the hospitality...
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Claims of member-raiding attempts between the unions include leafleting, home visits and, court documents say, 'coercive interrogation techniques.' Carmen Padron, a commercial laundry worker in Pomona, said a rival union tried to persuade her to abandon her longtime local. "They should be organizing workers who don't have a union, not harassing us," Padron said.
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Claims of member-raiding attempts between the unions include leafleting, home visits and, court documents say, 'coercive interrogation techniques.' Carmen Padron, a commercial laundry worker in Pomona, said a rival union tried to persuade her to abandon her longtime local. "They should be organizing workers who don't have a union, not harassing us," Padron said.
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AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
San Francisco hotel workers rallied in September for a fair contract. Hotel workers began a three-day strike this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco. The strike comes two weeks after members of UNITE HERE Local 2 voted by a 92 percent to 8 percent margin to authorize strikes at any of the 31 upscale hotels in San Francisco. Local 2’s contracts...
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HR Lori (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Today was the start 3 day strike of local union workers against the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco. The issue on the table? Why health care of course. From Business Wire :Hotel workers walked off the job this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco, announcing a 3-day strike against the [...]
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hotel workers walked off the job this morning at the Grand Hyatt Union Square in San Francisco, announcing a 3-day strike against the property, according to Unite Here Local 2. The Grand Hyatt is owned and operated by Hyatt Hotels Corporation [NYSE: H], which consummates its initial public offering today raising more than $900 million for its principal...
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Hotel workers rallied inside One King West Hotel yesterday to encourage other city hotels to help their staff get on board the TTC.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
About 300 hotel workers began a three-day strike against San Francisco's Grand Hyatt Thursday, as tensions escalated over contract negotiations between Unite Here Local 2 and the owners of the city's top hotels. The bullhorn chants that echoed over Union... San Francisco - UNITE HERE - Hyatt - Strike action - Union
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Jane Hotel can't seem to keep anyone happy! The neighbors have already led a crusade to get their club shut down, and now a recent paying customer at the hotel has quite a story about his stay there—which he tells on his blog, in a post titled I Smell Dead People . First up, he noticed an odd smell which was explained by various hotel workers as pretty much everything...
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The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Read Stories Most Emailed Stories Reader CommentsBusiness Pulse Survey Who will end up caving - hotels or workers - in their latest labor contract dispute?Hotels Workers bizjournals Partners City Guide Spotlight - San Francisco Sponsored by:San Francisco Real Estatepowered by Price: $5,400,000 Building Size: 16,490 SF Use Type: Sale Search Press Releases Search by Company,...
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The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Read Stories Most Emailed Stories Reader CommentsBusiness Pulse Survey Who will end up caving - hotels or workers - in their latest labor contract dispute?Hotels Workers bizjournals Partners City Guide Spotlight - San Francisco Sponsored by:San Francisco Real Estatepowered by Price: $5,400,000 Building Size: 16,490 SF Use Type: Sale Search Press Releases Search by Company,...
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Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... came out, for skimming bonuses). The outstanding lead actor of the film, Argenis Perez Soto, was a hotel worker (and amateur baseball player) in San Pedro. Some of the actors obviously aren't great baseball players, but the in-game scenes mostly look about right. There were a few details that seemed strange (such as the idea that a team would allow a talented but raw pitcher to throw...
