U.S. Commerce Sec. nominee and Hyatt heiress faces hotel workers protest
Skift Take
Pritzker has enough challengers from the political right that she doesn't need the attacks from the labor left. But if she makes it through confirmation, travel will have an incredibly powerful ally in the administration.
Hundreds of protesters landed outside the Hyatt McCormick Place just as the National Restaurant Association Show, one of the nation's largest hospitality industry trade shows, was letting out for its third day at McCormick Place.
The timing was a coincidence, organizers said.
Riding a scooter with an orange windsock and white inflatable No. 1 hand symbol, Buddy Broniar, a vice president of UniteHere Local 1, the union representing Hyatt employees, joined his chanting comrades.
"Hyatt is mean spirited," said Broniar, 72.
"Cheap and mean," the demonstrators chanted. The union has b
