HEI Workers Rising

Is HEI Placing Its Future Above Your Endowment’s Returns?

heiworkersrising — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:11:58 +0000

Mar. 2013 – Learn how HEI’s asset management, growth and liquidation strategies have the potential of generating less-than-optimal results and compromising the research and educational goals of university investors.

Workers engage in civil disobedience to protest mass layoffs

heiworkersrising — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:29:56 +0000

Mission Valley (March 1, 2013) – Twenty hotel workers were arrested on March 1 at the HEI-owned and managed Hilton Mission Valley. Nearly 250 hotel workers, community activists and clergy members protested job insecurity at the hotel. HEI has announced that it is selling the Hilton Mission Valley to Tarsadia Investments. HEI informed workers of the potential of mass layoffs when Tarsadia takes over later this month. Please urge Tarsadia to retain the workers at the Hilton Mission Valley by signing this petition. More layoffs are bad for San Diego and bad for California. Click here to see more photos of the action.

Is HEI Hospitality out of touch with facts on the ground?

heiworkersrising — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:38:12 +0000

Jan. 2013 – If you are considering partnering with HEI, we strongly caution you to conduct the necessary due diligence to ensure your business decisions are based on facts on the ground, instead of HEI’s rhetoric. Is HEI really worth all the trouble?

Notre Dame Announces No Current Plans to Reinvest in HEI

heiworkersrising — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:12:52 +0000

In an article titled “Students Contest Notre Dame Investment in Hotel Group,” in the January 4, 2013 issue of the National Catholic Reporter, the University of Notre Dame’s Chief Investment Officer, Scott Malpass states, “At this time, we have no plans to add additional capital to any new funds raised by HEI.” Mr. Malpass’ statement follows statements by other elite universities that have decided to not invest or reinvest in private equity hotelier, HEI Hospitality, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Brown. This statement is a victory for all those students, university staff and faculty, religious leaders and community members who have dedicated their efforts to speaking truth to power by shining a light on the injustices of HEI’s inhumane treatment of its workers.

HEI and CST: Notre Dame’s controversial investment

heiworkersrising — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:01:20 +0000

Professor Gerald Beyer headlined the Higgins Labor Studies Program’s November 14 event “Prophets and Profits: Catholic Social Teaching on Workers’ Rights and Socially Responsible Investing, a Case Study of HEI Hotel Workers.” Beyer presented original research about HEI Hotels’ treatment of workers, finding grave violations of Catholic social teaching (CST) as understood through the Bible, papal encyclicals and statements, and documents from the Second Vatican Council.

“Both of my knees are injured and I don’t have time for church or family anymore. I check between 50 and 100 rooms every day, get written up if I can’t finish, and then am given more work,” Luz Olivas, an HEI hotel worker revealed. “We came here to fight, and we will fight until we win.” Click here to read the entire story.

Employees Denied Meal and Rest Breaks by HEI Hotels and Resorts

heiworkersrising — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:35:47 +0000

Reach $130,000 Settlement Affirming Workers’ Rights

LONG BEACH, Calif. (Nov. 27, 2012) —Eighteen hotel employees reached a $130,000 settlement with HEI Hotels and Resorts over denial of meal and rest breaks required by California law.

The settlement arose from claims filed with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement by employees of the Hilton Long Beach and Executive Meeting Center, owned and managed by HEI. Click here to read the entire press release.

Catholic Faculty Lead Notre Dame Event Calling for Halt in HEI Hotels Investment

heiworkersrising — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:03:52 +0000

Dozens of Catholic leaders nationwide launch petition calling on Notre Dame to uphold Catholic social teaching by ending investment in hotel company with troubled labor record

Where: Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall, University of Notre Dame

When: November 14, 2012 7:00pm

[South Bend, IN] Catholic faculty and students from Notre Dame are hosting an event calling for an end to the University’s investment in HEI, a hotel company with a troubled labor record. On the same day, they are launching a petition signed by dozens of Catholic leaders from across the country urging Notre Dame to uphold Catholic social teaching by ending their investment with HEI.

Click here for the full press release.

Inhumane Working Conditions Incite Distrust & Ensnare HEI in Municipal Boycotts

heiworkersrising — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:56:50 +0000

Nov. 2012 – Partnerships should be based on trust. Based on the facts presented in this report, it is clear that many HEI’s workers, prominent community and political leaders and HEI’s anchor investors do not trust HEI. So why should you?

HEI’s Torrid Summer Dries up Good News

heiworkersrising — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:34:50 +0000

Oct. 2012 – By investing in HEI, you could be jeopardizing your institution’s reputation and the values it stands for. (Re)investing in HEI could place hundreds of workers at risk of more federal labor law violations and discriminatory actions.

Cornerstone Fires HEI Hospitality

heiworkersrising — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:32:42 +0000

Sept. 2012 – As an HEI hotel owner, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers was forced to choose between ousting HEI as a risky operator or coming under greater fire from its investor. We urge you to question retaining HEI and its broken management practices.