Hyatt Protests Expand to Chicago, Others Join Boycott
Although the controversy is only a little over a week old, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s threatened boycott and letter to Hyatt Hotels Corp. chief executive Mark Hoplamazian over 100 fired housekeepers has gone viral, with protests against Hyatt in Chicago and San Francisco. In another development, Boston cabbies — or their union, the Boston Taxi Drivers Association — have also joined in the Hyatt boycott. The hundred or so housekeepers were fired after reportedly training their replacements from the Georgia-based Hospitality Staffing Solutions, who were described by management as “vacation fill-ins.” The public reaction seems to be overwhelmingly in favor of the housekeepers, on blogs like the Consumerist, the Harvard Business Review and the Boston Globe, with hundreds of comments on each story. The…
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