By Laura Clawson for Daily Kos Labor, March 26, 2012

Oh, look. More cases of workers losing their jobs just coincidentally as they're organizing for better treatment on the job or to join a union. To Xiomara Perez, the Toll Group truck driver fired for taking a bathroom break, add more than two dozen Walmart warehouse workers laid off and a Hyatt housekeeper suspended, both last week.

From CARE2 By  Jessica Pieklo - March 13, 2012 - 5:27 pm

To mark International Women’s Day and in solidarity with the ongoing boycott of the Hyatt Andaz West Hollywood, a number of organizations showed up at a rally in support of Andaz housekeepers. Groups that joined included California and Hollywood chapters of the National Organization for Women, Stonewall Democratic Club, Democratic Advocates for Disabilities Issues and the Democratic Women of the San Fernando Valley.

March 8, 2012 - Santa Clara, CA - Women from across the Bay Area are speaking out against Hyatt's mistreatment of women in protests at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara and Grand Hyatt San Francisco. The action, which marks International Women's Day, features a "Clothesline Project" bearing messages and stories of the struggles women face at work. Scores of community leaders and supporters join Hyatt workers in the protests at 8:00 AM in Santa Clara and 12:00 PM in San Francisco.

by Jim Lair Beard on March 5, 2012

I’m going to hate writing this. Every word.

Last week Masaharu Morimoto of Iron Cheffame was outed by my union, UNITE HERE, Local 11 as being in talks with the Hyatt Andaz hotel to take over the RH restaurant, where I work as a server.

I first became aware of the news when I arrived at a large picket in front of the Hyatt Andaz. The action was two days before Valentine’s Day. I was late to the picket because, as noted in an earlier column, I had to drive my mother-in-law to Walmart — which still pains me to admit.