Hyatt Hotels Fire Housekeepers, Outsource Jobs

Three Hyatt hotels in Boston have fired 100 housekeepers and have outsourced cleaning to a contractor, the Boston Globe reports.

Two of the housekeepers the Globe interviewed had worked at the hotels for more than 20 years each and were earning about $15 an hour, hardly an extravagant wage in Boston, but at least they got health benefits. Other Hyatt employees said the new workers, supplied by a Georgia company, are being paid $8 an hour with no benefits.

Sounds to me like those Hyatt hotels (the Hyatt Regency Boston, Hyatt Regency Cambridge and Hyatt Harborside at Logan International Airport ) don’t care much about their employees. Wonder how they feel about their customers.

Spirit Airlines Continues To Behave Like Spirit Airlines

Spirit Airlines, an industry leader in pissing off its customers, has now pissed off the federal government. The Department of Transportation has fined the company $215,000 and will add another $160,000 if it breaks its agreement to straighten up and fly right, the Associated Press reports.

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