Seattle University food service workers unionize and ratify first contract
“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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Posts September 15, 2014
Pulling Together For Atlantic City
In response to the unprecedented closure of three Atlantic City casinos in less than three weeks, UNITE HERE Local 54 joined state, county, and local government and community partners to run the AC Unites Here resource center September 3–10.
Posts September 11, 2014
UNITE HERE Remembers and Honors those Lost on September 11
On the 13th 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 August 18, 2014
Centerplate Workers Push New Contract From “Giant Zero” to Home Run
Workers at the home stadium for the San Francisco Giants baseball team ratified a champion new contract and now enjoy what may be the best stadium contract in the United States.
Posts August 13, 2014
More Boston-Area College Cafeteria Workers Join Local 26
“We serve food at some of the nation’s best schools. I really believe that we can raise the standard for food service workers across Boston and Massachusetts. “
Posts August 10, 2014
Detroit Uses City Spotlight to Advance Campaigns
UNITE HERE Local 24 in Detroit is taking advantage of major downtown events to bring attention to organizing efforts at the Crowne Plaza and DoubleTree hotels.
Posts August 6, 2014
Workers Ratify New Contract With Disney World Orlando
Union members ratified a new agreement with Walt Disney World on August 1. The deal features unprecedented wage increases and freezes employees’ weekly health insurance contributions in 2015.
Posts July 28, 2014
UNITE HERE, Maryland NAACP call for action on racial and wage inequality at BWI Airport
A report released today by UNITE HERE reveals racial inequality in job classification among surveyed workers in the concessions program at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, raising further questions about the true impact of the airport’s concessions program on economic progress in Baltimore and the surrounding region.
Posts July 24, 2014
Sonoma County Casino Workers Join UNITE HERE
Workers at the Graton Resort & Casino in Sonoma County, California are now members of UNITE HERE, following an organizing drive to raise standards for workers in the region’s lucrative tourism industry. The vote by 600 janitors, waiters, cooks, and gaming workers was run under an agreement between UNITE HERE and the Graton Federated Tribes, […]
Posts July 17, 2014
Big Win For New England Textile Workers
UNITE HERE members manufacture made-in-the-USA products with the dignity and respect of their union contract.