Posts March 10, 2009
Earlier today, the Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in the House and Senate. It’s being supported by, among others, millions of American workers who would like a union – and with it a union contract. It’s being opposed by CEOs who you can be sure all bargained for a contract before they ever set […]
Press Releases March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Change to Win released a print ad today demanding the United States Congress reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement deal that the Bush administration is threatening to send to Congress in the coming weeks despite strong opposition. “American workers are sick of job-destroying trade deals that benefit multinational corporations,” said Bruce Raynor, […]
Press Releases September 29, 2023
DetroitāThis evening at 09:40pm, the Detroit Casino Council announced that members from MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood at Greektown and MotorCity casinosĀ āĀ voted 99% āyesā to authorize a strike, if deemed necessary by the worker negotiating committee. Workers floodedĀ the Teamsters Hall today between 7:00am-9:00pm to cast their ballots with the results revealed shortly after the polls closed […]
Posts September 18, 2008
Striking hotel workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago organized for picketing action and protest with UNITE HERE Local 1 after learning that ‘America’s Next Top Model’ was holding auditions at the hotel. In early September, the popular reality television show announced that it would stage a local casting call at the Congress, but […]
Posts August 12, 2018
On August 15, hundreds of UNITE HERE members will join thousands of other union members and faith and community allies for a demonstration to call for an end to family separation and detention. Liberty & Justice For All: Labor United to Free Our Children will be the largest labor-led demonstration on immigration in the nation. […]
Posts March 6, 2012
UNITE HERE Local 54 members voted overwhelmingly to approve a new three-year contract with the Atlantic Club in Atlantic City. The new contract covers over 600 cooks, housekeepers, bartenders, cocktail servers and other service workers at the Atlantic Club. With the new agreement workers will continue to receive free health care and an employer-sponsored defined […]
Posts February 9, 2012
UNITE HERE Local 54 members in Atlantic City have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with the Gold Nugget Atlantic City. Under the three-year agreement workers will continue to receive free family health care and an employer-sponsored pension. All workers will receive at least one wage increase over the course of the agreement with […]
Posts February 24, 2005
A major victory was won this month in the fight for hotel workers and their families to maintain free family health care coverage. The EC announced that effective immediately in all EC Hotels, the EC will discontinue the $10 weekly co-payment by hotel employees, and return to making contributions on all hours worked and paid […]
Press Releases June 17, 2005
Kahuku, June 17, 2005 – Turtle Bay workers are on a one-day unfair labor practice strike to protest the hotel’s threatened termination and suspension of workers for protected speech . On Friday, June 10, 2005, two workers were suspended for union speech. Workers walked off the job at 5:15 am this morning and began setting […]
Press Releases July 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C.āOn July 23rd, top-tier 2020 Democratic Party presidential contender Senator Elizabeth Warren will join UNITE HERE airline catering workers and hundreds of labor, political, and community supporters for a rally calling on American Airlines to take action to ensure that one job is enough for all workers in the airline industry. Click here for […]
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