Posts April 30, 2012
While Seattle’s downtown hotel sector sets for widely projected growth and profitability, its workforce endures poverty wages, pain and injury from unsustainable management practices. Our Pain, Their Gain: The hidden costs of profitability in Seattle’s downtown hotels reveals how industry practices keep workers in poverty with low wages and inadequate health benefits, requiring public dollars […]
Posts March 7, 2013
Spurring on the DC food service workers’ fight for greater access to fresh, healthy food and good, sustainable jobs using fresh-cooked ingredients, Howard University workers employed by Sodexo celebrated another victory of DC’s Real Food Real Jobs movement. Following on the heels of a 400-person rally on U Street last week, workers at Howard University […]
Posts July 15, 2013
In 2014, marriage equality will be on the ballot in Oregon, and members of UNITE HERE Local 8 have become a driving force for marriage equality and transgender healthcare in their state. They stand proudly in solidarity with Oregon Pride at Work—an organization of community groups fighting for equal rights on shop floors, under the […]
Posts August 9, 2017
On July 31, our union sister TeeTee Dangerfield was senselessly murdered. TeeTee was a server at the Atlanta Airport, a very proud member of Local 23, and a trans woman. Her murder is being investigated as a potential hate crime.We are horrified and saddened by TeeTee’s unconscionable murder, a crime that took away a shining star […]
Posts October 9, 2018
CLICK TO WATCH Thousands of hotel workers in eight U.S. cities say they’ll remain off the job until a new contract is reached with Marriott International. About 7,700 employees of the world’s largest hotel chain are now walking picket lines in Boston, Detroit, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, as well as two […]
Press Releases December 3, 2004
Monterey, December 3, 2004. Following its November 18 call for a boycott of the Monterey Bay Travelodge, today UNITE HERE Local 483 has launched a website for travelers, travel planners, and interested community members with current and ongoing information about the boycott at www.boycottmontereybaytravelodge.info. A rally to announce the website will be held today in […]
Press Releases October 4, 2012
Ahead of lawsuit, FOX 11 exposes hotel’s lack of soap, detergent to wash sheets – Watch Wednesday 10 PM video: http://www.myfoxla.com/video?clipId=7800266&autostart=true Los Angeles Local News, Weather, and Traffic What: Press Conference When: Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11 AM Who: Holiday Inn hotel workers in uniform (English and Spanish speakers), Randy Renick attorney for plaintiffs Where: […]
Press Releases February 9, 2007
By a strong majority, Hilton hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 49, voted last night to approve a new three-year contract with the Sacramento Hilton Arden West. Like the contract approved by Sacramento Sheraton workers in December, the new Hilton contract significantly raises wages and reduces housekeeper workload, and doubles the hotel’s contribution to […]
Press Releases November 8, 2010
TORONTO, ON–On November 8, 2010, UNITE HERE Local 75 members at the Delta Chelsea voted to ratify a new collective agreement as proposed by the company on 7 AM Sunday morning. This victory comes after a 13-day strike and a lockout threat by the company. The agreement, which was approved by 94% of the 510 […]
Press Releases December 1, 2010
Santa Cruz, CA: Union workers at the Santa Cruz Dream Inn voted Tuesday, November 30, to ratify a new union labor contract with the hotel. 91 percent of the voting members of UNITE HERE Local 483 approved the 4-year deal, which calls for up to $1.70 per hour in additional wages and benefits over the […]