If you travel as much as I do, you’ll see people cleaning rooms and doing other housekeeping. I normally didn’t think twice about them until I found out that in many cases, these workers are not even paid a living wage. That’s not good to say the least. But not all hotels do this to their workers. So, how do you pick the hotels that pay their workers fairly?
Enter the new UNITE HERE’s iPhone app.
UNITE HERE is the union that represents workers in the hotel, gaming, food service and airport industries throughout North America. And this app allows you to pick hotels where workers are represented by UNITE HERE. That way you know your dollars are going to support fair labour practices. Hotels on strike or under boycott are also listed so that you can stay away from those hotels.
My thoughts? I think this is a good idea as I like to vote with my dollars when it comes to a variety of things. Thus this app would help me to do so when it comes to where to stay on my next business trip. What do you think? Good idea or not? Post a comment and share your thoughts?
New App Helps You To Choose Hotels That Treat Workers Fairly
Posted in Commentary with tags iPhone, UNITE HERE on July 17, 2013 by itnerdIf you travel as much as I do, you’ll see people cleaning rooms and doing other housekeeping. I normally didn’t think twice about them until I found out that in many cases, these workers are not even paid a living wage. That’s not good to say the least. But not all hotels do this to their workers. So, how do you pick the hotels that pay their workers fairly?
Enter the new UNITE HERE’s iPhone app.
UNITE HERE is the union that represents workers in the hotel, gaming, food service and airport industries throughout North America. And this app allows you to pick hotels where workers are represented by UNITE HERE. That way you know your dollars are going to support fair labour practices. Hotels on strike or under boycott are also listed so that you can stay away from those hotels.
My thoughts? I think this is a good idea as I like to vote with my dollars when it comes to a variety of things. Thus this app would help me to do so when it comes to where to stay on my next business trip. What do you think? Good idea or not? Post a comment and share your thoughts?
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