Posts April 10, 2014
It’s hard to believe we live in a country that tears families apart. But we do. Since 2008, close to 2 million aspiring citizens have been deported–ripped away from their families because they moved here to make better lives for themselves and the people they love. More than 200,000 of them are parents, and many […]
Posts August 21, 2015
The U.S. public has long relied on the American Heart Association’s recommendations for how to prevent heart attack and stroke. Given the AHA’s influence, we believe the organization should avoid financial ties to corporations with commercial interests in cardiovascular health. However, the AHA and its leadership accept large sums of money from individuals and corporations, including […]
Press Releases August 1, 2012
Monterey, Calif. — Outraged by homophobic and sexist remarks, a delegation of more than 50 military veterans, union activists and advocates for gay and lesbian service members delivered a letter to the Panetta Institute for Public Policy in Monterey, California, urging Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to cease military funding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). […]
Press Releases November 20, 2015
Las Vegas, NV – The Culinary Union was chartered on November 1, 1935 and this year marks the 80th anniversary of the organization that has improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Nevada hospitality workers and their families with union wages and benefits. In eight decades, the Culinary Union has become an essential economic […]
Press Releases May 22, 2017
Honduran, Nicaraguan, Salvadoran Refugees Will Be Affected in January 2018 ORLANDO, FL—The Central Florida Hospitality Union, UNITE HERE, along with Haitian refugees, hospitality workers and faith leaders will rally tomorrow at 5:00 pm in front of Universal Studios to demand that the Trump administration grant a long-term renewal of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian […]
Press Releases September 24, 2020
NEW YORK—UNITE HERE, the hospitality union with over 95% of its members who currently are, or have been, unemployed as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, is calling on the Senate to pass the ‘Worker Health Coverage Protection Act’ introduced today by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). The Senate […]
Press Releases February 4, 2021
Taylor, the International President of UNITE HERE, the hospitality union with over 80% of its members who currently are unemployed as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, is calling on the Senate to pass the ‘Worker Health Coverage Protection Act’ introduced by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). The Senate […]
Press Releases October 11, 2021
On behalf of the 300,000 hospitality workers and families that UNITE HERE represents, we want to extend our fullest solidarity with IATSE workers who authorized what would be the biggest strike in decades, as well as the thousands of workers at Kellogg’s factories, nurses, coal miners, and more already on strike. Right now, it is […]