Before you make your summer vacation plans, check the AFL-CIO boycott list

May 2011

With summer around the corner, we must remember our brothers and sisters in the hotel industry (as well as those at Dish Network and in the tobacco industry, see below). Dozens of individual hotels and chains that have attempted to use the down economy as an excuse to slash wages, benefits and working conditions for hospitality industry workers even though the hotel industry is rebounding.

In cities across North America, Hyatt is attempting to roll back quality job standards and make the recession permanent for thousands of unionized workers. In several cities, UNITE HERE negotiators have confronted proposals that would eliminate quality health care for thousands of low-wage workers. Contracts for UNITE HERE members who work at Hyatt have expired in several cities, including: San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Honolulu, Toronto and Vancouver.

The union also reports unrest and labor management difficulties in properties in eight other cities: Boston, Long Beach, San Antonio, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Anchorage, Providence and Northern Virginia.

For more on UNITE HERE’s Hotel Workers Rising Campaign, go to: www.hotelworkersrising.org.

UNITE HERE BOYCOTTED HOTELS
HYATT HARBORSIDE, Boston, Management: Hyatt

HYATT REGENCY, Boston, Management: Hyatt

HYATT REGENCY, Cambridge, Management: Hyatt

HYATT REGENCY, Century Plaza, Los Angeles, Management: Hyatt

HYATT REGENCY, Santa Clara, Management: Hyatt

MANCHESTER GRAND HYATT, San Diego, Management: Hyatt

GRAND HYATT STOCKTON, San Francisco, Management: Hyatt

HYATT FISHERMAN’S WHARF, San Francisco, Management: Hyatt

HYATT REGENCY EMBARCADERO, San Francisco, Management: Hyatt

SHERATON CRYSTAL CITY, Arlington, Virginia, Management: HEI

HILTON, Long Beach, Calif., Management: HEI

LE MERIDIEN, San Francisco, Management: HEI

HILTON CRYSTAL CITY, Arlington, Virginia, Management: Columbia Sussex

SHERATON, Baltimore, Management: Columbia Sussex

WESTIN, Chicago, Management: Columbia Sussex

WYNDHAM, Chicago, Management: Columbia Sussex

HILTON, Sacramento, Management: Columbia Sussex

WESTIN, San Diego, Management: Columbia Sussex

WESTIN CITY CENTER, Washington, D.C., Management: Columbia Sussex

HILTON, Anchorage

SHERATON, Anchorage

CONGRESS PLAZA, Chicago

WILSHIRE PLAZA, Los Angeles

PALACE HOTEL, San Francisco

W HOTEL SF, San Francisco

WESTIN ST. FRANCIS, San Francisco

HYATT REGENCY O'HARE, Rosemont, IL

PARK HYATT CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL IRVINE, Irvine, CA

HYATT REGENCY LONG BEACH, Long Beach, CA

HYATT ANDAZ HOTEL WEST HOLLYWOOD, West Hollywood, CA

HYATT REGENCY CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

PACIFIC BEACH HOTEL, Waikiki Beach, HI

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.
Cigarettes: BestValue, Camel, Century, Doral, Eclipse, Magna, Monarch, More, Now, Salem, Sterling, Vantage, and Winston; plus all Moonlight Tobacco products

ECHOSTAR DISHNETWORK Satellite Television Service