Press Releases September 22, 2004
Rochester, NY -Despite earlier citations for serious safety problems in Connecticut and Illinois, Cintas has committed some of the same violations at its plant on West Main St., prompting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to fine the company more than $44,000. OSHA cited Cintas for 29 violations, including: failure to offer hepatitis vaccinations […]
Press Releases November 16, 2011
CLAREMONT, CA–ICE has not conducted a raid, but Pomona College officials are demanding that some dining hall workers, along with some student employees and faculty, present documents authorizing them to work in the United States. And if they don’t produce the documents by Dec. 1, they face termination, college officials say. In a press conference […]
Press Releases May 8, 2012
Today, May 8, a group of 30 workers, clergy, community leaders, and concerned citizens plan on taking arrest as an act of civil disobedience in support of the 10 worker-leaders fired during an organizing effort at Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, and in support of the Florida Freedom Charter. The civil disobedience participants will […]
Press Releases January 22, 2015
Hotel workers have taken to the streets today, January 22, outside the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Tokyo on Los Angeles St. Workers of the hotel walked off the job in an all-day strike that started at 6AM.
Press Releases April 16, 2018
What: 50+ United Airlines food workers protest at Bush Intercontinental Airport with signs reading “United Doesn’t Care About Houston” When: Thursday, April 19th, 11 am to 1 PM and 4 pm to 6 pm Where: IAH Airport (Corner of John F. Kennedy Blvd and Greens Road) Who: United Airlines catering workers and airport terminal concessions workers, flight attendants, elected […]
Press Releases April 19, 2018
Houston – Over 100 United Airlines food workers protested today at Bush Intercontinental Airport with signs reading “United Doesn’t Care About Houston.” Workers were joined by United Airlines flight attendants and ramp service workers, elected officials, and community leaders, to protest United Airlines’ poverty wages for airline catering and terminal concessions workers at the city’s […]
Press Releases November 16, 2004
(Baltimore, Maryland) – Today food and retail concession employees at Baltimore-Washington International Airport unanimously ratified their first union contract which will dramatically improve working conditions for over 300 workers. The Agreement is between the Mid-Atlantic Region of UNITE HERE and Creative Host Services, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of London-based Compass Group – one of […]
Press Releases November 30, 2006
SAN JOSE-The High Tech-Biotech Corridor runs from San Jose up the Peninsula to South San Francisco. These industries act as the economic engine of the Bay Area, providing jobs and technological innovation for the region. Santa Clara County has more than 110 big businesses, more than San Francisco and Alameda counties combined. While companies in […]
Press Releases December 12, 2008
New York – St. Charles, Missouri-based Propper International, the largest military apparel manufacturer in the U.S., does not pay sick days to its workers. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, Tom Kellim, Propper’s chief executive, did not deny that the company fails to give workers the sick days required by Puerto Rico […]
Press Releases April 19, 2010
What: A coalition of Notre Dame students will begin a five-day hunger strike today to protest Notre Dame’s investment in HEI Hotels and Resorts Where: Outside Main Building, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana When: Delegation to President Jenkins’ office at 9am, April 19 Protest will continue from April 19 through April 23 Notre […]