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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:41 PM
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MA Governor Patrick....I LOVE this man!
Edited on Wed Sep-23-09 01:43 PM by polmaven
"Gov. To Hyatt: Rehire Workers Or We're Banning Business"
Housekeeping Staff Fired From Boston-Area Hotels Last Month


BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick will tell all state employees to stop doing official business with Hyatt unless the company rehires the housekeeping staff it fired from Boston-area hotels last month.

Patrick sent a letter to Hyatt CEO Mark Hoplamazian in Tuesday that expressed his concern for the impacted workers and called the company’s treatment of its long-term employees “substandard.”

The governor said he plans to meet with a group of affected workers this week to better understand the circumstances surrounding their discharge.


read more here.....He is really taking them to the woodshed on this.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/money/21085692/detail.html

edit to add....I got a copy of his letter in an e-mail from his office today....I'm glad that it is getting some press here.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:43 PM
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1. Awesome!
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:44 PM
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2. Good for him! nt
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:44 PM
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3. You go, Guv! Fantastic!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:47 PM
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:44 PM
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4. What reason did the Hyatt give for firing them? Utmost respect for Gov. Patrick! nt
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:54 PM
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11. I'm not sure if this is the reason Hyatt gave
but it seems they fired 100 house-keepers and hired temps in order to save money on Healthcare benefits.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:00 PM
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12. Then it seems like Hyatt should use their mega bucks
to pressure congress to pass a strong public option.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:06 PM
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14. Yes -- in all fairness, insurance premiums are truly hurting employers (especially
the smaller ones - but the big ones as well). Sure sounds like a win-win to me.
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:51 PM
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21. Exactly, if this really was the reason, it could be used
in a positive way to insist on a Single Payer system, or at least to do away with any notion of mandatory insurance for individuals or businesses.

I don't know whose idea it was to attach health care to employment, but it has to have been the stupidest idea ever. I suspect it must have been a Republican.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:53 PM
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22. Well, there ya go,
me b zola!
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:05 PM
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13. Ahhh -- I think Microsoft got in trouble for something similar several years
ago. They didn't fire anybody, just hired temps and then didn't renew their contracts when the time came that they had to become permanent hires. Same reason -- to save on employment insurance and health benefits.

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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:22 PM
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16. Yes...they "outsourced" the contract
to a Florida agency....but....get this....they then expected the current housekeepers to TRAIN THEIR REPLACEMENTS! Aaaaagggghhhhh!
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Eyerish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:45 PM
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5. Well done Governor Patrick!
Hit them where it hurts! :applause:
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:47 PM
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6. Thank you!
:applause:
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Kingofalldems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:47 PM
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8. Attention: All Democrats in the House and Senate
Pay attention to the Governer. This is what a real Democrat does for the workers of the US.
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polmaven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:24 PM
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18. I am SOOOO looking forward
to being a proud member of his re-election campaign team.
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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 01:48 PM
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10. k & r--this is how all Democrats should behave
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:21 PM
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15. Bam! That's gotta hurt!!!
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:24 PM
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17. Now that's my kind of governor.



I just wish mine was a Dem. That would be a major step in the right direction.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:31 PM
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19. It's too rare that even one of our own does the right thing. Kudos to Gov. Patrick.
If Hyatt can't afford to pay for insurance, they should come out publicly for Medicare 4 All, not outsource their housekeeping to a company that doesn't pay for healthcare for a whole other set of employees and their families.

Mass. health care has turned out to be an abysmal failure. FIX IT.
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proteus_lives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-23-09 02:44 PM
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20. Good for the Governor!
Screw Hyatt!
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-24-09 09:08 AM
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23. I guess the economy is back to the point where you can't just lay people off in mass without people
taking notice and getting backlash.
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