Local 23 members at the Washington Convention Center, Nationals Ballpark, and Capital One Arena have launched a citywide contract fight. Their priorities for their upcoming contracts are better wages, improvements to health insurance & other benefits, better scheduling, and protections from subcontracting and temp labor.
Hundreds of Local 5 members on Oahu and Maui rallied on August 15 to show Kaiser that they will not be treated like second-class citizens!
Hawaii Kaiser workers in some classifications are being paid up to 30% less than their counterparts on the continent and do not receive some of the same benefits. Contracts expire next month for 62,000 Kaiser workers in the Alliance of Healthcare Unions, including over 1,900 Kaiser workers in Hawaii represented by Local 5. They are ready to WIN the fair contract they deserve.
For three weeks in July, dozens of union members from our union, CWA, the UAW, organizers, and community partners knocked on doors across North Carolina to speak with working-class people about how they’re feeling in this economy and political moment.
Through Workers to Workers, folks came together to listen, learn, and build power, no matter someone’s party, background, or voting history. By having real conversations with union members and their neighbors, we are working to build a working-class agenda rooted in lived experience, and we’re just getting started!
At the Hilton Americas hotel in Houston, workers have voted 99.3% YES to authorize a strike. After their contract expired on June 30th, Local 23 members picketed their hotel for the first time ever, demanding at least $23 an hour to keep up with the rising costs of living. In addition to fair wages, workers are fighting for fair schedule, fair workloads, and respect.
Workers at the Marriott Marquis, GRB Convention Center, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and Houston stadiums are organizing citywide for the same standards that Hilton workers are demanding. The people who make tourism possible shouldn’t have to choose between paying rent and feeding their families!
The price of groceries, gas, and housing keeps going up. Working families are paying sky-high car and home insurance premiums. Campaign promises of relief have been forgotten. Instead, this administration has focused on arresting dishwashers and gardeners and attacking our international allies and customers with tariffs, threats, and claims of annexation.
The result? Visitation to Las Vegas is down. Many are concerned that layoffs and a “Trump Slump” recession is here. “If you tell the whole world that they’re not welcome, they’re not going to come,” said Culinary Union Secretary-Treasurer Ted Pappageorge.
On August 8, Local 40 members at the Coast Victoria Hotel hit the streets for a one day strike, marking the first hotel strike in British Columbia in over 25 years. Workers called for living wages, safer workloads and respect on the job. They walked out for a second time on August 20 and will keep fighting until they win the contract they deserve.
Over 200 cafeteria workers for Lavish Roots who prepare and serve meals for Meta employees in Washington State are organizing a union with Local 8! Elsewhere in the Seattle area, union tech food service workers on Google, Microsoft, and another Meta campus have access to free, quality health care benefits. The unionized food service employees at Microsoft and Google are paid a minimum of $27.50 per hour. Workers for Lavish Roots at Meta deserve the same!
Local 737 members working for Patina Group at Disney Springs have delivered a formal report about possible violations of Disney Policy by Patina. They called on the Walt Disney Company to investigate multiple alleged violations of its Supply Chain Code of Conduct and take appropriate action to enforce its code of conduct.
On July 25, Aramark workers at Fenway Park and MGM Music at Fenway walked out on strike for the first time in history. Local 26 members and their supporters picketed, drummed, and chanted in their fight to win fair wages and job protections. Workers are back on the job, but they’re ready to keep fighting—including going back on strike—until they win a fair contract… NOT peanuts from Aramark!
Watch the video to hear from workers about why they went on strike.
After months of fighting, Local 75 members at the One King West hotel have voted 99% yes to ratify a new union contract! They were the last major union hotel in Toronto without a fair deal. The new contract will mean fairer wages, better pensions, and stronger protections for all. Congratulations!
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