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Approximately eight months ago, Chicago hotel workers went on strike. Now, Hyatt has filed a suit against the union in an attempt to allow chefs to be involved in tasks typically completed by cooks. Evidently, there is a disagreement between management and the union regarding what level of control chefs should have over food preparation. The employees’ union has filed numerous suits against Hyatt due to chefs, who are managers, completing employee responsibilities. In 2018, an arbitrator evaluating this issue sided with the hotel. More recently, a different arbitrator found that only in the case of an emergency should management be allowed to intervene in the completion of employee tasks.