Hope for Housekeepers is a national campaign of women, founded by Hyatt housekeepers across the nation to stop the abuse of women in the hotel industry.
Hyatt housekeepers often clean as many as 30 hotel rooms a day in just eight hours, and many forgo health insurance for their families because of the high cost. Even worse, Hyatt is slashing jobs, discarding women like the Hyatt 100 in Boston who were fired after training their replacements from an outsourcing agency.
Now Hyatt housekeepers are stepping forward to put an end to this abuse. Hyatt housekeepers are uniting with women from across the country, and together we are bringing a message of hope to the thousands of women working as housekeepers around the globe that things can change. Unionized housekeepers have fought for and won more humane workloads, cleaning around 15 rooms a day, to reduce the rate of injury and pain that can lead to permanent disability in this dangerous line of work. These housekeepers have affordable health insurance and job security that rewards women for their years of service.
Sign the Hope for Housekeepers Pledge today.
We stand with Hyatt housekeepers, and we join with you in your struggle to end the abuse of women in the hotel industry.
We believe that companies like Hyatt Hotels should not profit from women's pain. In a recent academic study of 50 hotels operated by the top five hotel companies, Hyatt had the highest reported rate of injury for housekeepers in the hotels studied.
Hyatt housekeepers often clean up to 30 hotel rooms a day in just eight hours, and many forgo health insurance for their families because of the high cost. Sadly, Hyatt is also slashing jobs, discarding women like the Boston Hyatt 100 Housekeepers, who were fired after training their replacements from an outsourcing agency.
It does not have to be this way. At unionized Hyatt Hotels, housekeepers have won humane workloads: cleaning around 15 rooms or less a day. Their children are covered by affordable health insurance. They have job security and are rewarded for their years of service. They give us hope that things can change.
To the women at non-union Hyatts in Long Beach, San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Antonio, Boston and Indianapolis, we support you and share your hope of building a better future for working women everywhere.
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