Three Hyatt  properties in Boston are alleged to have fired 98 housekeeping staff under false pretenses, laying off scores of long-term workers who were earning $15/hour, and replacing them with outsourced staff from a Georgia company earning only $8/hour and receiving far fewer benefits.

Their case has gained national attention, and MA Governor Deval Patrick has launched a boycott of state employees against the chain, a somewhat symbolic move that has already compelled the corporation to step up its severance benefits and job re-training and placement assistance for the laid-off workers.

Join this boycott today, telling Hyatt that you refuse to patronize a business that engages so shamelessly in low-road business practices, pursuing profitability on the backs of the lowest-wage workers by relying heavily on outsourcing to the lowest bidder.