Bostonist's post on the AFL-CIO/CtW split big-ups Local 26, where I worked last year, and links to their brand new website on the Intercontinental hotel, which is building a massive luxury hotel and trying to sell condos right next to the Big Dig, and whose operators have refused to agree to a card check agreement with the union so that their workers can have the freedom to organize free from harassment, intimidation, and fear. Intercontinental, a British corporation, is deeply implicated in last year's lockout and the continuing contract stalemate in San Francisco.
If anyone reading this blog is at the stage in his or her life where he or she can afford and is looking to purchase a luxury condominium in a luxury hotel in the second most expensive real estate market in the U.S., you should eschew the Intercontinental for all the labor, construction, and environmental and safety issues enumerated by the fine folks at Local 26 on the web site and instead think about a union property, lke The Ritz Carlton Boston, or The Ritz Carlton Boston Common. The Ritz Carlton Boston Common is a block away from the Hyatt Regency Boston Financial District, which you damn well better boycott as well. And stay out of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge too.
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