Hotel workers file complaints against Hyatt

CHICAGO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Union-represented housekeepers filed injury complaints against Hyatt Hotels Corp (H.N) properties in eight U.S. cities on Tuesday, but the company said the filing was a union ploy to gain leverage and members.

The 12 filings with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration asked for an investigation into what the union, Unite Here, said were high rates of injuries among overworked housekeepers at Hyatt properties.
"Unite Here is making false charges about our work environment in hotels where we are currently trying to negotiate new union contracts," Robb Webb, Hyatt's chief human resources officer, said in a statement.

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