Food Service Workers Authorize Strike at USC
On December 11, cooks, cashiers, baristas, and other campus food service workers authorized a strike by 88 percent. The Local 11 members are seeking a raise to $15 an hour over the new contract term.
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Posts December 17, 2014
Airport Workers Show Solidarity From Coast to Coast
UNITE HERE food service workers at the San Francisco and Miami airports stood together in a remarkable pair of actions last week in their fights for better healthcare, job security, and wages. On December 11, nearly 1,000 restaurant workers at San Francisco International Airport went on a 48-hour strike, shutting down restaurants at terminals throughout […]
Posts November 25, 2014
We Need a New Brand of Courage
Last week’s action on immigration by President Obama signals a new brand of courage that could turn things around for Democrats.
Posts November 19, 2014
Local 100 workers tell the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “ALL airport workers deserve $10.10!”
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
Sodexo workers win union at 3 more colleges
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
The Legacy of County Fed Leader Maria Elena Durazo
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
Experience Music Project Catering and Restaurant Workers Unionize with UNITE HERE Local 8, Ratify First Contract
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
New Orleans’ Tourism Industry Booms, But Income Inequality Remains Entrenched
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
Hotel Workers Win $15.37 Hotel Minimum Wage in Los Angeles
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
Major Labor Dispute Continues to Escalate in Las Vegas
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.