Hotel workers organized by the national Unite Here labor union wished Chicago-based Hyatt Hotels Corp. a happy Labor Day by walking off their jobs in four North American cities Thursday and Friday.
The coordinated one-day strikes, which included a Friday walkout at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, were orchestrated by Unite Here to protest cuts in health care benefits and raises despite improving results in the hotel industry, organizers said.
Chicago Hyatt Hotel employees, working without a contract since this time last year, joined Hyatt workers in Honolulu, Los Angeles and Toronto in staging walkouts.
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