Via John Judis, who has more about this, here’s a story I missed a couple of weeks ago from the Boston Globe:
When the housekeepers at the three Hyatt hotels in the Boston area were asked to train some new workers, they said they were told the trainees would be filling in during vacations.
On Aug. 31, staffers learned the full story: None of them would be making the beds and cleaning the showers any longer. All of them were losing their jobs. The trainees, it turns out, were employees of a Georgia company, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, who were replacing them that day….”It’s unbelievable,” said Lucine Williams, 41, who has worked at the Hyatt Regency Boston for nearly 22 years and was making $15.32 an hour plus health, dental, and 401(k) benefits when she lost her job. “I don’t know how they can treat people like that.”
The outsourced workers make $8 per hour with no benefits. Nice work, Hyatt. I think I’ll be staying elsewhere in the future. Now please excuse me while I go throw up.
