One union, Unite Here, has targeted Ms. Pritzker and her family's Hyatt hotel chain, enlisting the Obama Labor Department in an 18-month investigation of alleged worker-safety violations.
The awards ceremony of the 34th Festival took place on 13 December in the Taganana room of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, and commenced with the awarding of the UNiTE Prize.
But that only came after the troubled marriage and bitter divorce of UNITE, the asset-rich garment workers union Raynor controlled, with the faster-growing hotel and gaming industry union HERE.