Green or Greed? The Westin Bayshore Hotel recently instituted the “Make a Green Choice” program, encouraging guests to refuse housekeeping services by rewarding them with a $5 coupon for each day they refuse service. Westin Bayshore says this is “green.” Westin Bayshore housekeepers say its “greed.” Real Green or Fake Green? “After 3 or 4 […]
Workers protest option given guests at luxury hotels, launch boycott of Vancouver Hyatt.
Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have more than red carpets and galas to worry about as the host hotel deals with a labour dispute.
Multi-city strikes at Hyatt properties in Los Angeles, Honolulu, Chicago, and Toronto this week represent a major escalation in a labor dispute involving Hyatt and its billionaire owners — the Pritzker Family — who have been the target of a number of major demonstrations in more than a dozen cities across North America this summer.