Joined by a number of Elected Officials, representatives of Buffalo Hyatt Workers United held a press conference outside the Downtown Hotel last week to condemn and denounce the firing of a key Union Leader. Luke Sills, who worked at the Hyatt for over two years and was named Employee of the Year, was a key leader of the Union Campaign and was leading the efforts to picket the Hyatt this Summer after the Hotel’s aggressive and cruel Union-Busting Campaign. Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports Sills said at the new conference: “When I joined the Organizing Committee to help organize a Union at this Hotel, they pulled me personally into this meeting, the general manager and the HR (Human Resources) Director, where they interrogated me, threatened me and told me that I was going to regret getting involved in this.” Sills - who was working as a Front Desk Supervisor when he got a call informing him of his termination, is accusing several members of hotel management with abuse and intimidation. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has already found the Buffalo Hyatt has broken Federal Labor Law, including firing other leaders. A trial date has been set in October. Meanwhile, the Hotel Workers are continuing their push to Unionize.

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