Hotel Housekeepers Protest Mass Firing In Boston

September 18, 2009


Housekeeper Lucine Williams (left) who was fired from her job at the Boston Hyatt hotel as part of a cost-cutting move

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By Phillip Martin
Published September 18, 2009 6:00 AM

A demonstration on Thursday evening, September 17th, in front of Boston's downtown Hyatt Regency Hotel followed publication of an article in the Boston Globe about the firing of 100 low-paid housekeepers at three area Hyatts last month who were replaced by even lower paid contractors.