Posts October 28, 2020
Once again we see the senseless killing of a black man at the hands of police. Walter Wallace Jr. should be alive today, his life mattered. We mourn with his family and our community over his death. Over the past month we have been talking to Philadelphia residents from every area of our city. Systematic […]
Posts September 14, 2020
UNITE HERE is proud to endorse Joe Biden for President of the United States, and Kamala Harris for Vice President of the United States. With our endorsement comes our commitment to do our part to deliver the key swing states of Nevada, Arizona and Florida. We are a union representing over 300,000 people, mostly women […]
Posts June 5, 2020
We are organizers. We are elected officers. We are workers. We are community leaders and neighbors. We are parents, children, siblings, and kin. We are your Union family. And we cannot breathe. In the last three months we have seen companies line up to abandon us. We have seen them take away healthcare, guaranteeing that […]
Posts April 22, 2020
Sorry, Mr. President, we are not taking the bait! Your latest executive order is a phony deal. You need to stop using immigrants as a foil yet again to distract the American people. This is exactly what you are doing with his latest executive order halting immigration to America for 60 days. Your own Immigration […]
Posts March 25, 2020
March 25, 2020, is the 109th 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. Most years, UNITE HERE staff and members gather at the union headquarters in New York to […]
Posts March 21, 2020
Thank you for making your call to Congress to tell them to put workers first! Will you encourage others to do the same? (If you didn’t get through the first time, keep trying! Dial 808-201-0028.) FACEBOOK // Click to share! Sample Facebook Post: “I just called Congress to tell them that thousands of hospitality workers—not […]
Posts March 21, 2020
Thousands of workers—not just billionaire companies—need cash in their pockets RIGHT NOW. Call Congress today to tell them to put workers first. Tell them that you do NOT support any COVID-19 bailout package for the rich that does not: Keep unemployment insurance in place Extend workers’ health insurance coverage Require companies to pay emergency sick-pay […]
Posts January 20, 2020
UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union Local 226 hosted a series of seven Town Halls throughout November, December, and January in Las Vegas with Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Tom Steyer to hear more from leading 2020 Democratic contenders on where they […]
Posts November 20, 2019
UNITE HERE, which represents airline catering workers, plans demonstrations at 17 airports including Charlotte, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas, Newark, JFK and Washington National. (See list of airports at the end of this story.) The union expects the number of demonstrators at each airport to range from about 200 to as many as 1,000 at JFK. Read […]
Posts November 18, 2019
“The Trump administration’s proposed fee hikes are a brazen attempt to restrict access to citizenship, DACA, asylum, and other forms of relief to the wealthy, continuing their despicable campaign to limit immigration reform to the 1% through requirements that make wealth a prerequisite for access to the American Dream. As we head into 2020, we […]
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