UNITE HERE Commends Yale’s End To Investments In HEI Hospitality

November, 29 2011 UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, commends Yale University for its decision not to reinvest in private-equity hotelier, HEI Hospitality.  Earlier this year, Brown University announced that it will not reinvest in HEI until...

Dartmouth Student Letter Protests College Investments in HEI

From The Dartmouth By Noah Reichblum on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Ten students marched on Parkhurst Hall Monday morning to deliver a letter in protest of the College’s investment in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a hospitality and management company accused...

Long Beach Hospitality Workers File For Living Wage Ballot Initiative

Feb. 23, 2012 Members of the Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community, including workers from the Hyatt Long Beach and the Hilton Long Beach, initiated the process today to place a citywide measure on the November ballot that would mandate...

HEI’s Irvine Sweatshop Hotel Fires Dishwasher over Washcloth and Trashed Apple

Feb. 20, 2012 Earlier this month, a janitor and vocal union supporter was fired from the HEI–‐run Embassy Suites in  Irvine for forgetting to remove a washcloth from  his belt and pair of gloves from his uniform pocket after his managers...