Press Releases September 29, 2023
Detroit—This evening at 09:40pm, the Detroit Casino Council announced that members from MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood at Greektown and MotorCity casinos — voted 99% “yes” to authorize a strike, if deemed necessary by the worker negotiating committee. Workers flooded the Teamsters Hall today between 7:00am-9:00pm to cast their ballots with the results revealed shortly after the polls closed […]
Press Releases November 9, 2010
El martes, recamareras de Hoteles Hyatt de ocho ciudades de los EE.UU. presentarán quejas de lesiones a OSHA, reportando movimientos repetitivos y otros tipos de lesiones ocurridas en el trabajo. La sin igual presentación de 12 propiedades Hyatt que emplean a más de 3,500 trabajadores es la primera de su clase en el sector privado. […]
Press Releases January 10, 2017
Washington—Today the Alliance to Fight the 40, a broad-based coalition committed to repealing the 40 percent tax on employer-sponsored health benefits – the so-called “Cadillac Tax” – applauded Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV), Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), and Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), for their bipartisan, bicameral reintroduction of legislation to protect the […]
Press Releases July 28, 2015
[Washington, D.C.] Today, UNITE HERE joins labor, businesses and consumer advocacy groups to launch the Alliance to Fight the 40, a coalition calling for the repeal of an onerous 40% tax on health benefits starting 2018 as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). UNITE HERE, which represents 270,000 housekeepers, cooks and other workers in […]
Posts March 10, 2014
Drawing inspiration from the demand of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that airlines bring wages for contract workers up to $10.10 per hour, workers around the country jumped into the fray! In early March, airline catering professionals at airports across the country delivered letters to the corporate offices of American, Delta, […]
Posts November 19, 2014
The governors of NY and NJ authorized an increase in the minimum wage to $10.10 for thousands of airport workers early this year, However, many workers – including the over 7,000 catering and concession workers in LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports – were not included in the original mandate. On November 18, Local 100 members […]
Pages December 2, 2019
Access to high quality healthcare should be a right not a privilege. That’s why our Union has fought for decades to create ways for housekeepers, kitchen workers and their families to have access to care at little or no cost. In places like Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Chicago, and New York, we’ve even built our […]
Press Releases November 19, 2012
What: 30-hour protest following the filing of unsafe working conditions complaint When: Monday, Nov. 19 starting at 5:30 AM *Affected worker available for media interviews from 5:30 AM – 8:30 AM and from 4 PM – 6 PM Where: Holiday Inn LAX – 9901 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA Who: Hotel workers (cooks, […]
Posts August 2, 2013
El camino hacia la victoria, el camino a la ciudadanía, pasa por Bakersfield. Recorramos juntos ese camino. Participen en la caravana! El 14 de Agosto El Congresista republicano Kevin McCarthy de Bakersfield es el lugarteniente del Presidente de la Cámara, Boehner. El Congresista McCarthy, ¿Jugará con nuestros futuros al no apoyar una reforma migratoria comprensiva? […]
Press Releases September 29, 2009
What: Nearly 350 hotel workers and housekeepers will be joined on by prominent women leaders, students, community and clergy leaders on a 1 mile pilgrimage from the Hilton Long Beach to the Hyatt Long Beach, carrying the "Hope Quilt" and launching the 7-city nationwide "Hope for Housekeepers" National Tour. When: Wednesday, September 30, 5:30-7:00PM 5:30 […]