UNITE HERE Local 1 in Chicago has a long-running contract dispute with the Park Hyatt Chicago. During a strike in July 2011, Local 1 picketed the entrance to the Park Hyatt hotel and the entrance to condominiums in the same building. A Regional Director of the NLRB issued a complaint alleging that Local 1’s picketing of the condominiums violated the NLRA’s prohibition on secondary boycotts, and also filed a petition in federal district court seeking a preliminary injunction. On October 18, 2011, after DCB conducted discovery into the condominiums residents’ use of the Park Hyatt hotel’s facilities and services, the Regional Director moved to withdraw the petition for injunctive relief.
UNITE HERE Local 11 has a labor dispute with the recently remodeled Bel Air hotel in the tony Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. Local 11 planned to demonstrate on the day that the hotel reopened to guests, but did not apply for a parade permit from the City of Los Angeles. Two days before the planned demonstration, the Bel Air applied for a temporary restraining order. After a hearing, the Los Angeles Superior Court denied the Bel Air’s request for a TRO because, among the reasons, the Bel Air did not prove that a demonstration on the public street would affect its property.
