Protesters arrested outside Park Hyatt Chicago in civil disobedience P 1 1

In the last decade, big corporations like Hilton and Chicago-based Hyatt have taken home record profits, while many people who work for them are living in poverty. Now hospitality companies are using the economy as an excuse to further squeeze workers and communities--eliminating jobs, trying to roll back benefits, and getting a smaller pool of workers to risk injury by working harder and faster.

As companies like Hyatt lay off workers in Chicago, workers across the country are also being squeezed. One clear example: In Boston on August 31, Hyatt Hotels fired 100 long-term housekeepers and replaced them with low wage workers from a subcontractor.

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[CliffMortensen1]

Freedom of Speech? Not so fast, Mexican. This is Pritzker's (Obama's) Chicago. Ju need those stinkin' badges!