42-Year-Old Venus Williams-Designed Chicago Sports Club Lands in Soup for Blatantly Disregarding Workers in a Massive Layoff Move

Venus Williams‘ stellar display of her performances on the court has already garnered the attention of the audience. However, the former Wimbledon champion’s prowess transcends the confines of the sport as witnessed by her off-court achievements. Apart from her fashion endeavors, the American tennis player is a proud owner of the interior designer firm, V Starr Interiors.

As one of the renowned interior designers, the 42-year-old tennis legend has worked on a number of successful projects in the United States. However, one such sports club designed by the 7 singles Grand Slam champion, is mired in controversy for abruptly firing 38 staff members.

Venus Williams’ designed athletic club makes a shocking move

The former Wimbledon champion’s interior designing firm previously concluded their project of creating a tennis lounge and a hotel suite for Chicago’s Midtown hotel. And now Venus Williams’ designed Midtown athletic club has become a hugely contentious topic for the public as they made a shocking move to fire all 38 of its housekeepers.

A journalist named, Alex Press recently broke the news on Twitter as she stated, “I wrote about Chicago’s luxury Midtown Athletic Club, which abruptly fired all 38 of its housekeepers. The club says the layoffs were part of a long-planned switch to an outside contractor, but the workers say it’s retaliation. They want their jobs back.”

According to Press, there were major concerns about the lack of equipment and staff in Chicago’s Midtown hotel. The housekeepers also received a number of layoff notices before they were abruptly fired from their respective positions. Press also disclosed some surprising details on a document that the staff members reluctantly signed.

She tweeted, “Workers say they were urged to sign a document claiming that they’d resigned rather than been fired if they wanted to get severance. One says she was told to sign the document if she wanted to be able to collect belongings she had left on club property. Management contests this.”

The housekeepers also expressed their opinion on the matter

According to Press, one of the staff told that they always gave their best for the hotel and athletic club. They are now urging Midtown members to support them in their protest during such an adverse phase. Meanwhile, one such member named Córdova stated that she thinks Midtown assumed members would neglect such mass firing of the hotel’s staff.

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