Industries May 23, 2014
Standing Strong With Immigrant Workers UNITE HERE members hail from all corners of the planet. Together, we are building a movement to empower immigrants and all workers across North America to achieve greater equality and opportunity. Current U.S. immigration policy has become a blueprint for employer manipulation and abuse, causing both immigrants and U.S.-born workers to […]
Industries May 23, 2014
Partners for Equality on Campus and Beyond Students across the U.S. and Canada have changed thousands of lives as activists with UNITE HERE. Strong student-labor committees work for greater responsibility and accountability from school administrations and university-affiliated corporations for fair wages, affordable health care, equal rights for LGBTQ people, and immigration reform. Students also have […]
Posts September 9, 2014
Nearly one in four airline catering workers — 24% — say unauthorized people could get into their kitchens and trucks, and the same percentage warned that someone could place contraband on a food cart, according to a survey obtained by USA TODAY. Unite Here, a union representing 12,000 airline catering workers nationwide, surveyed 400 of […]
Posts May 27, 2015
As the City of Los Angeles moves to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, it is also cracking down on one company that it says has failed to comply with an existing city living wage. In a letter to Flying Food Group CEO David Cotton, the City advises that 271 employees at the company’s Imperial […]
Posts May 30, 2015
In late May, workers at Baltimore’s BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport visited Frankfurt, Germany. They have asked Fraport AG — parent company of BWI’s concessions developer AirMall USA — to address the poor quality of jobs and working conditions the airport’s food and retail concessions program. Frustrated with lack of action since Fraport acquired AirMall nearly […]
Posts September 1, 2015
Gate Gourmet workers (members of Local 1) rally in Chicago in January 2015. On Thursday, August 27th votes were tallied and Gate Gourmet airline catering members approved a new union contract covering 7907 workers across the country! The contract was ratified by a 92% margin and will be expire December 31, 2017. 3499 workers are […]
Posts June 14, 2016
A message from UNITE HERE President D. Taylor: The murderous attack that took place in Orlando over this past week-end shakes all of us to the core. Once again an easily purchased assault weapon brings death and misery to so many. Once again innocent men and women have their lives cut short. Once again our […]