The corporations that employ our members do not limit their business to North America alone. Many have operations or are headquartered internationally. To represent the North American employees of these giant multi-nationals effectively, UNITE HERE partners with unions and workers across the globe who deal with many of the same employers.

UNITE HERE has built strong working partnerships with unions worldwide, that helps us negotiate effectively for current members, and organize new members.

The benefit of international collaboration in dealing with labor issues locally and worldwide cannot be underestimated.

Workers around the world have similar goals – fair wages, affordable health care, rights and respect on the job. They also want independent, democratic, member-driven unions through which these goals can be achieved. By connecting workers globally in the same industries and with the same employers, those goals can become a reality.

Unions in different countries representing workers in one corporation achieve more by acting together.

On this page you will find links to Global Union Federations to which we are affiliated, information on global campaigns for workers’ rights and other issues with international significance.

Global Union Federations

• IUF Food, Farm and Hotel Workers: www.iuf.org

• ITF International Transport Workers Federation: www.itfglobal.org

• UNI services, gaming: www.uniglobalunion.org
  

Information/News on Global Campaigns

• Labourstart: www.labourstart.org

Solidarity with UNITE HERE from around the Globe

• New Zealand Food & Service Workers Union Magazine solidarity article about Delaware North, "From Nashville to Wellywood the Song is "Solidarity Forever": (pdf: scroll to page 22)

• Novotel

  • Vale Inco, Accor: International Solidarity in Canada’s Capital!: Striking members of the United Steelworkers from Sudbury join the Ottawa and District Labour Council and members of UNITE HERE Local 261 in a rally to support hotel workers seeking to form a union at the Novotel Ottawa hotel. Workers at two Novotel hotels have been terminated, or lost shifts or hours, after becoming public union supporters. 

  • Video: Canadian Novotel hotel workers 

  • Novotel workers in Ontario, Canada speak about the company's reaction to their organizing drive

  • Letter delivered by community leaders in Toronto, Canada to French Consul General regarding Novotel workers' organizing drive
    

  • Letter from Chair of North York Community Council RE: Organizing drive at Novotel North York
    (translated into French)

  • Letter signed by 22 Toronto City Councilors regarding organizing drives at Toronto-area Novotels

  • Letter from Councilor Pam McConnell to Accor Canada RE: Toronto-area Novotel organizing drives

  • Video: Federal NDP leader Jack Layton and Ottawa and District Labour Council President Sean McKenny report to Novotel Ottawa workers on a visit with Accor Canada management (April 14th)

  • Letter of support signed by members of Accor's European Works Council (with EWC support letter attached)

Global Inflight Campaign

• Sky Chefs & Gate Gourmet Workers United. Together We Can Turn the Tide: English Flyer | Spanish Flyer

• Solidarity with Airline Catering Workers at Gate Gourmet & LSG Sky Chefs
  The workers at Gate Gourmet and LSG Sky Chefs who prepare and deliver airline food have in recent years assisted the companies during difficult times by making sacrifices. Now that the financial situation of both companies has improved, the workers feel they deserve a fair contract. They are demanding collective agreements that provide job security, fair wages and benefits, respect and dignity at work and safe working conditions. You can support their struggle: click here to send a message to the companies.

CONTACT

Debbie Anderson, Director, International Affairs Department danderson@unitehere.org