Press Releases December 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Workers from the popular W Hollywood Hotel filed wage and hour complaints on December 1 with the State of California, alleging hotel management has broken state law by not allowing workers to take breaks while on the job. In three dozen complaints, W housekeepers, bellman and other workers demand that hotel-owner HEI […]
Press Releases January 4, 2012
LOS ANGELES – Workers from the California Club, one of downtown LA’s oldest private clubs, have won wage increases and higher contributions to workers’ pension and healthcare funds in a new contract settled just before the end of the year. The settlement comes just weeks after the workers walked off the job in a one-day […]
Press Releases April 2, 2014
[Anchorage, Alaska] On March 18, 2014, United States District Judge Sharon L. Gleason issued a Decision and Order on Petition for Injunctive Relief in which she found against the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, and for UNITE HERE Local 878 and the National Labor Relations Board, on all issues. The ruling is the latest legal defeat for […]
Press Releases January 7, 2016
LOS ANGELES, CA— Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced Monday that ICE officials detained 121 adults and children in Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina over New Year’s weekend, all of whom are in the process of being repatriated. In response, UNITE HERE, a union of 270,000 hospitality workers across the U.S. and Canada, […]
Press Releases January 9, 2018
Washington, DC – Today, the top UNITE HERE union leader called on members of the Senate Finance Committee to be tough on Trump nominee Alex Azar and call him to task on his long history of price gouging while Azar helped run Pharma giant Eli Lilly. “The only thing Alex Azar has a proven record […]
Press Releases June 17, 2020
Photos and B-Roll | View a recording of the Caravan Press Conference WASHINGTON, DC—On Wednesday, June 17, over 1,000 union members gathered in Washington, D.C. for the Workers First Caravan for Racial and Economic Justice, the headline event of a massive national mobilization featuring hundreds of actions calling for bold policies to confront the three […]
Press Releases August 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C.— For months, unions and progressive allies have led efforts to push Congress to pass legislation that provides support to unemployed workers, secures funding for state and local aid, public schools and more to protect jobs and essential public services during the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, Aug. 11, these groups will host fasting actions […]
Press Releases November 8, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – With polls closing in the eastern time zone, UNITE HERE’s top two decision makers — President D. Taylor and Secretary-Treasurer Gwen Mills — issued a joint statement on the state of the 2022 midterms, with a particular focus on Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Georgia. “We are incredibly proud of every individual who played a […]
Press Releases November 9, 2022
The Union that ran largest canvass in AZ and NV, calls on officials to count every vote to allow will of people to prevail The Union also announces plans to build off its general election canvass program in Georgia for the Senate runoff. PHILADELPHIA — Today, UNITE HERE – the Union that led the largest door-to-door […]
Press Releases December 15, 2006
Washington, D.C.) – UNITE HERE International Union condemns in the strongest possible way the recent raids of meatpacking plants and the detention of workers by agents of the Bush Administration’s Department of Homeland Security/Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting immigrant workers at the Swift Company. “Almost everyone agrees that our entire immigration system is screwed […]