Fired housekeepers call for national boycott of Hyatt chain.
According to press reports, the union representing the women who were fired as housekeepers at the Boston Hyatt have called for a nation wide boycott of the Hyatt chain.
A union advocating for the housekeepers fired from Hyatt’s Boston-area hotels is calling for a nationwide boycott of the hotel chain.
The nearly 100 housekeepers who lost their jobs said they would turn down the hotel company’s offer from Friday to extend benefits until March and housekeeping work at other hotels.
“When I heard about the offer, I think it was a joke,” said former Hyatt Regency housekeeper Lucine Williams. “Just because we clean the rooms, they think that we don’t have no sense!”
Williams was joined by a few dozen other housekeepers and six Boston city councilors Monday in officially calling for a nationwide boycott of the hotel chain. Hyatt said it will deliver on its promise and that the housekeepers have more time to think it over.
