Harvard spokesperson Paul Andrew declined to comment on the matter, saying that the University has no hand in the hotel’s management.
Lang said that the situation at the DoubleTree is “very comparable” to the protests at the Le Meridien Hotel in Cambridge, where workers claim that management has attempted to interfere with the unionization process.
—Staff writer Christine Y. Cahill can be reached at christinecahill@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @cycahill16.
—Staff writer Samuel Y. Weinstock can be reached at sweinstock@college.harvard.edu. Follow him on Twitter @syweinstock.
This article has been revised to reflect the following clarification:
CLARIFICATION: November 25, 2013
An earlier version of headline of this article and statements in the article stated that the DoubleTree Suites hotel is Harvard-owned. To clarify, the company is housed in a Harvard-owned building.