Hyatt Hotels and the union UNITE HERE have reached an agreement to end a four-year fight that sparked a global boycott of the hotel chain. If ratified by workers, the new contracts would give thousands of employees retroactive wage increases and maintain their healthcare and pension benefits until 2018. The deal includes a process for hotel workers at a number of locations to vote on unionization. The Hyatt chain was founded by the family of billionaire Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Its alleged abuse of workers cast a shadow over Pritzker’s nomination but did not stop her confirmation last week.