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 […]
Posts November 13, 2014
In October, Sodexo workers at three different campuses joined UNITE HERE. On October 7th, over 100 dining workers at Emerson College in Boston joined Boston’s Local 26. Donna Papastavrou, a baker at Emerson, summed it up: “The work we do to feed the campus helps make Emerson strong. Our victory now makes us strong too. […]
Posts November 13, 2014
In a city historically hostile to organized labor, Maria Elena Durazo presided over a movement that made labor possibly the greatest single power in L.A. electoral politics.
Posts November 10, 2014
After organizing to join UNITE HERE Local 8, workers at the Experience Music Project (EMP) overwhelmingly ratified their first contract on October 27, 2014.
Posts October 28, 2014
Via The New Orleans Times-Picayune As Jason Walker makes his way from the bus stop on Canal Street to his job at Harrah’s Hotel, evidence of the wealth created by the hospitality and tourism industry is all around. He walks through the shadows of towering hotels. Eager tourists board buses bound for swamp tours and […]
Posts October 14, 2014
In September 2014, the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 in favor of a historic new law creating a $15.37 per hour minimum wage for people working in big hotels in Los Angeles.
Posts October 10, 2014
Clergy leaders and union casino workers from the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown joined Station Casinos workers in a march through Summerlin to Red Rock Casino Resort to demand that Station Casinos stop treating their employees like second-class workers.
Posts October 1, 2014
The Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) – the only independent union in China – has called for workers to strike in support of the democracy movement as mass civil disobedience actions come under heavy police attack. The Swire Beverages (Coca-Cola) union and the HKCTU unions of school teachers and dockers are striking and […]
Posts September 30, 2014
Reposted from ObamacareFixit.org This post by UNITE HERE President D. Taylor was published at Politico Magazine’s “The Agenda,” in a piece titled: Obamacare 2.0: The Affordable Care Act survived Year One. Fifteen health-care thinkers tell us how to fix—or reimagine—it for the long haul: One year later, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange marketplace has greatly reduced the […]
Posts September 18, 2014
“As a student at Seattle U, my greatest sources of pride and commitment to our mission of social justice have been moments like these,” said Lorena Mendoza-Flores ’15.
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