Wan Xia Fighting for Justice

On July 22, 2010 Thousands of hotel workers in 15 cities across North America -- Boston, Chicago, Hawaii, Indianapolis, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, Pittsburgh, Rosemont (IL), San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Toronto, and Vancouver -- demonstrated at Hyatt hotels, protesting the company's efforts to lock our members and non-union workers permanently into the recession. As part of these actions, hundreds of workers and their supporters were arrested in acts of non-violent civil disobedience.

Women from the Hyatt 100 in Boston, who are nearing the one year anniversary of Hyatt's mass firing were arrested outside the Hyatt Regency there. In seven North American cities where Hyatt is the employer most committed to destroying the Union standard in citywide contract negotiations, thousands demonstrated and hundreds were arrested. Hyatt workers and their supporters in public organizing campaigns at five non-union Hyatts stood up to the Pritzkers and Hyatt. And in four other cities, workers with Hyatts in their towns joined the North America-wide actions.

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• Hotel Workers
• Local 2
• Fair Contract
• Housekeepers Rising
• Solidarity
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