Press Releases April 19, 2008
More than 600 workers took to St. Hubert Street in Montréal today to rally in front of a Moores clothing store. They were reacting to the recent announcement that their factory will be closed this summer. Angry workers called on Montrealers to denounce the decision of Men’s Wearhouse to shut the factory down despite the […]
Posts September 10, 2021
On this 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE Local 100 who died while working at Windows on the World, a restaurant located at the top of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Posts September 11, 2022
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE Local 100 who died while working at Windows on the World, a restaurant located at the top of the North […]
Posts September 11, 2023
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE Local 100 who died while working at Windows on the World, a restaurant located at the top of the North […]
Posts September 29, 2005
The week of September 5th, Local 5 members at Hilton, Starwood, Marriott and Hyatt hotels in Hawaii used life-size body charts and "OUCH" stickers to demonstrate where their bodies hurt from the hard work they do every day. In cafeterias and locker rooms, it was revealed that housekeepers have many aching body parts, especially their […]
Press Releases August 8, 2019
New York, NY – Today the largest union of hospitality workers in North America condemned Donald Trump’s August 7 ICE raids targeting poultry workers in Mississippi, reiterating the dignity of labor done by all workers regardless of their immigration status and vowing to double down on efforts to oust Trump in 2020. “It is deeply […]
Press Releases May 24, 2016
Food and retail workers rallied today at Reagan National Airport to highlight how working conditions at the D.C. airports lag behind other airports and government-owned buildings. A new report released today by UNITE HERE shows that at D.C.’s two government-owned airports, the government makes more money per hour from terminal concessions workers than the workers […]