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July 2, 2013

Hyatt Hotel Chain Reaches Tentative Deal with Union 
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Hyatt Hotels and the union Unite Here have reached an agreement to end a
four-year fight that sparked a global boycott of the hotel chain. If
ratified by workers, the new contracts would give thousands of employees
retroactive wage increases and maintain their health care and pension
benefits until 2018. The deal includes a process for hotel workers at a
number of locations to vote on unionization. The Hyatt chain was founded
by the family of billionaire Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Its
alleged abuse of workers cast a shadow over Pritzker's nomination but
did not stop her confirmation last week.

 

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