Posts June 2, 2026
On April 30, Local 355 President Rose Denis (above) traveled to Washington, D.C., to provide witness testimony at a hearing on TPS held by Congresswoman Jayapal. On May 20th, Local 355 member Romane Petit Joseph addressed Senate staff during a hearing held by Haitian faith leaders. Both testimonies highlighted the harm that ending TPS will […]
Posts June 2, 2026
Local 26 MIT dining workers have ratified their new contract. In 2029, MIT cooks will make at least $41/hour. At Harvard, dining workers rallied to show that they are fighting together for a fair contract. Workers deserve better at the wealthiest university in the world!
Posts June 2, 2026
On April 23, hundreds of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) lunchroom workers and supporters rallied at Daley Plaza and marched to the Chicago Board of Education. There, supporters stood in solidarity as lunchroom workers were arrested one by one outside the Board of Education, shining a light on the urgent need for the Board to end […]
Posts June 2, 2026
Maryland Governor Wes Moore wants to win a second term and has said that everyone deserves “a job you can raise a family on,” but some food service jobs at publicly-owned airports BWI Thurgood Marshall (BWI), Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), and Washington Dulles International (IAD) are advertised as starting at minimum wage. On May […]
Posts June 2, 2026
SSP Food Service workers at Tampa International Airport won Union recognition last week with Local 362. After months of worker delegations to the company and denial of their right to organize, a strong committee of restaurant workers began a campaign. Workers organized diligently, steadily building people power until they successfully pushed the company to sign […]
Posts June 2, 2026
Last month, nearly 250 campus dining workers at two of Virginia’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Virginia State University (VSU) and Norfolk State University (NSU), officially won union recognition with Local 23. In late March, workers at both campuses called on their employer, Thompson Hospitality, to voluntarily recognize their union. “I’m proud of the hard […]
Posts June 2, 2026
Postdoctoral researchers (postdocs) at Yale University have voted 859 to 31 to join UNITE HERE Local 33! Postdocs are researchers, mostly in the sciences, who play an essential role in advancing work on everything from curing diseases to climate change to space travel. They work on one-year contracts, and a majority are non-citizens on short-term […]
Posts June 2, 2026
New York City hotel workers have announced a groundbreaking eight-year industry wide agreement that will provide years of financial security and stability for 27,000 of the city’s hotel workers. The agreement provides for guaranteed wage increases (the largest ever in the history of the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council), free family health benefits, pension contributions, […]
Posts April 24, 2026
The union contract between the New York City hotel industry and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council (HTC) is set to expire on June 30. While NYC is home to more billionaires than anywhere else in the world, working people are struggling to afford an increasingly unaffordable city. Hotel workers are just asking for enough […]
Posts April 24, 2026
On April 16, the Culinary Union hosted a press conference to detail how Donald Trump’s policies have impacted Las Vegas’ local economy and workers. The press conference coincided with Trump’s visit to Nevada. Culinary Union members fought hard to win strong contracts, but those gains are being undermined by an economy tilted toward billionaires while […]
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