Posts April 13, 2017
On April 5, Space Needle workers who cook and serve food, run the elevators, and staff private banquet events ratified a new Union contract with their employer. The new contract received unanimous support from the bargaining committee and from all of the workers who turned out to the ratification vote, following a 5+ year campaign. […]
Posts April 4, 2017
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing with striking sanitation workers. 49 years later, airport food workers in Philadelphia joined faith leaders, community groups and other workers to honor King’s struggle and rally for economic and racial justice. In Philadelphia, workers who cater flights for American Airlines and other carriers […]
Posts March 23, 2017
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – Union, immigration and religious leaders are honoring D. Taylor, president of the UNITE HERE labor union, for his commitment to immigrant workers at a reception March 23 at the Friars Club in New York. The fundraising event will benefit the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., known as CLINIC. “D Taylor represents […]
Posts March 23, 2017
March 25, 2017, is the 106th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York’s Greenwich Village. This tragedy took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers. At UNITE HERE’s headquarters in New York, staff and members will gather to remember the victims […]
Posts March 18, 2017
Airline catering and airport workers from Dulles and National Airports joined protesters at Dulles International Airport today to rally against President Trump’s second immigration order, also known as Muslim Ban 2.0. The majority of airline catering and airport workers at Dulles and National Airports are immigrants, including many refugees. Workers and allies also called on […]
Posts March 7, 2017
“We are the Union of hospitality workers, including thousands of workers at airports across the U.S., who everyday welcome travelers and refugees from all over the globe. “The Trump Administration is fooling nobody; today’s order is another Muslim and refugee ban, despite a few surface tweaks. This administration has been adamant about targeting a group […]
Posts March 3, 2017
Labor will have a direct voice represented in the Democratic National Committee. At last week’s DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, UNITE HERE General Vice-President of Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity, Maria Elena Durazo, was elected Vice-Chair in a first-round ballot victory. She was the only national labor leading running for an executive position in the […]
Posts February 10, 2017
Los Angeles, CA – Maria Elena Durazo, UNITE HERE’s General Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity, has issued the following statement in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against reinstating President Trump’s travel ban, targeting Muslim immigrants: “The Ninth Circuit’s unanimous ruling against Donald Trump’s unAmerican ban on Muslims and […]
Posts January 19, 2017
BOSTON, MA—UNITE HERE Local 26 members who work in food service at Northeastern University announced today they will hold a 1-day strike starting at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20. Workers will walk off the job to march with students to rallies in Boston during President-Elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration. The strike is inspired by the […]
Posts January 18, 2017
The 2016 election sounded a powerful wake up call for America and the labor movement. As Congress organizes itself, a new Trump Administration is formed, and the Democrats decide who is to lead their party, we have a choice: learn what works and start to win again, or repeat the same mistakes and end up […]
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