That the Cambridge City Council go on record expressing support for UNITE HERE Local 26 in the boycott of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge.

POR 2026-108 FIRST IN COUNCIL June 1, 2026 City of Cambridge COUNCILLOR MCGOVERN MAYOR SIDDIQUI COUNCILLOR SIMMONS COUNCILLOR SOBRINHO-WHEELER COUNCILLOR AL-ZUBI VICE MAYOR AZEEM COUNCILLOR FLAHERTY COUNCILLOR NOLAN COUNCILLOR ZUSY WHEREAS: Hotel Workers at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge are ambassadors for the City and are among the first to welcome travelers and tourists to Cambridge; and WHEREAS: The thousands of UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers reflect the strength and diversity of the City of Cambridge; and WHEREAS: On March 26, 2026, a majority of Hyatt Regency Cambridge employees asked their employer for a fair process to choose whether or not to join a union; and WHEREAS: Believing that one job should be enough to live in the city they work in, on May 8th Hyatt Regency Cambridge workers voted to begin a Boycott of their own hotel until management agrees to a fair process regarding unionization; now therefore be it ORDERED: That the Cambridge City Council go on record expressing support for the Boycott of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge and to honor the boycott by not eating, meeting or sleeping at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge while a labor dispute is in effect, to join picket lines and to encourage all city employees to do the same; and be it further ORDERED: That the City Clerk be and hereby is requested to forward a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution to the General Manager of the Hyatt Regency Cambridge. In City Council June 1, 2026. Adopted as Amended by Affirmative Vote of Eight Members:- Attest:- Paula M. Crane, Interim City Clerk A true copy; ATTEST:- Paula M. Crane Interim City Clerk