Posts November 5, 2016
After an announcement by the National Labor Relations Board that the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was violating the National Labor Relations Act by refusing to bargain with the Culinary Workers Union after hotel employees voted to join the union last year, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement: “Donald Trump likes to brag about […]
Posts November 3, 2016
By D. Taylor, UNITE HERE President With a critical election approaching, millions of Americans who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are getting smacked by sticker shock this week: premiums for benchmark Silver plans will rise an average of 25% next year. The publicity around the 13 million exchange customers obscures an […]
Posts October 27, 2016
Early in the morning of October 25th the Harvard University dining hall workers reached a tentative agreement with the university administration. The victory came after the dining service workers struck for twenty-one days. Workers picketed, marched, rallied and took arrests in acts of civil disobedience. The strike came to a close after a massive student […]
Posts October 26, 2016
In December 2015, workers at the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas voted to unionize – but Mr. Trump chose not to honor the results of that election and has refused to negotiate a contract with his workers.
Posts October 25, 2016
In Phoenix, UNITE HERE Local 631 and CASE Action have mobilized an inspiring committee of high school volunteers who are working to unseat Sheriff Joe Arpaio (“America’s meanest and most corrupt politician”) and defeat Donald Trump. Read more.
Posts October 4, 2016
Dozens of immigrant women and their allies rallied today at Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC. They demand equality, respect and an end to sexual harassment at DCA. A survey conducted by UNITE HERE during June 2016 of 94 food and retail workers raises concerns about the treatment of immigrant women at Reagan National […]
Posts September 23, 2016
UNITE HERE will help implement part of a new $1.37 million contract between the U.S. Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute to expand multi-employer apprenticeship programs in two important sectors with potential for job growth: manufacturing and hospitality. UNITE HERE President D. Taylor said of the grant announcement, “This grant will help tremendously with […]
Posts September 11, 2016
On the 15th 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 […]
Posts August 4, 2016
(Via Philly.com)—The Trump Taj Mahal was Atlantic City’s tallest building when it opened in 1990, and Marc Scittina got in on the ground floor, hoping to ride an elevator up into the middle class. Scittina, now 54 and living in Egg Harbor Township, did exactly that for most of his 26-year career as a unionized […]
Posts July 11, 2016
“Our lives begin and end the day we became silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” – Gandhi This past week we were faced with horrific murders of innocent young black men and police officers in Dallas. We […]
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