It was a hot-button issue that hotel housekeeping staff refused to put to bed.
On the day the AIDS conference wrapped up, the Delta Chelsea Hotel suspended 45 room attendants for refusing to take off a union button with a red AIDS ribbon -- a show of solidarity with their delegate guests and the conference, the employees say.
Their union, UNITE HERE, is a sponsor for the conference. Eva Opalinska, a room attendant for 15 years at the downtown hotel, was one of the first to be suspended Thursday when she refused to de-button.
