For years, hotel owners and other hospitality companies have enjoyed the fruits of cheap Hispanic labor.

But their overwhelming majority amongst hotel workers, coupled with increasing solidarity backed up by union muscle and political support, is resulting in a wave of labor protests in the hotel industry.

The Lisle-Naperville, Illinois Hilton sued for discrimination against Hispanics - Justicenewsflash
Best Western hotel in northern Virginia sued for hiring only Hispanic maids - WHSV
Full coverage of the Hyatt’s housekeeping mess - Boston Globe
200 arrested in hotel workers Mag Mile sit-in - WBBM780
Hotel Workers Take To SF Streets In Protest - KTVU.com
Hotel workers escalate their fight against national hotel giants - PSLWeb.org

And now for the rest of this week’s travel news:-

Chicago blues - The Windy City still cannot come to terms with the fact that they lost their bid for the 2016 Olympics. These pictures speak for what every Chicagoan feels - Buzzfeed

Bing blues - Honeymoon period seems to be over for Microsoft’s Bing. Rocky month for upstart Bing - Christian Science Monitor (Also see:- Hugh Crean, GM, Bing Travel to quit on Oct 23 - Tnooz)

Post-Vacation blues  - Survey shows 56% of U.S. travelers often get the post-vacation blues upon returning from a trip, and 44% admitted to feeling down following a summer vacation this year - TripAdvisor

Samoa Tourism blues - Somoa fears second tsunami of vacation cancellations - AP

Peeping Tom blues - Michael David Barrett arrested in Erin Andrews peeping tom case - TMZ 

NYC going-to-the-dogs blues - Exploring attractions in New York City with your dog - New York Times

AIG Effect blues - Vacation destinations of the Forbes 400 - MSNBC

Watergate blues - Iconic DC hotel to be sold for $40 million - Wall Street Journal

Queen Mary blues - The star-crossed Queen Mary in Long Beach changes hands yet again - ContraCosta Times

Photo by Brooke Anderson via flickr (creative commons)

Posted on October 4th, 2009 by PLing
Filed under: Travel News