Unions Far From Dead: Major Victory Over Hyatt

My cynical guess is this has something to do with vicious union-busting owner Penny Pritzker buying a Cabinet post and needing to look respectable, but something to be celebrated anyway.

Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns and Money:

A real victory for UNITE-HERE today, as their long and contentious campaign against Hyatt has resulted in a nearly total victory, with the hotel chain agreeing to recognize the union in its organized hotels and sign union contracts while accepting neutrality agreements in its nonunion hotels if they want to join the union.

We labor people don’t get to celebrate victories too often these days. So this is a reason to be very happy. And if you have been following the union boycott of Hyatt hotels, you can now return to using that chain.

Union members suffered a lot of abuse from Hyatt during this campaign, so don't ever think this kind of victory comes easy. But it does come.