Posts August 4, 2011
On Wednesday, August 3rd, more than 100 workers and students rallied at Pomona College to protest the treatment of a fired dining hall worker at the school. On the picket line outside of the college’s administrative offices, Pomona workers, students, and alumni were joined by UNITE HERE members, including workers and students from Loyola Marymount […]
Posts April 25, 2013
Contract represents path forward while Hyatt is still at odds with workers [CHICAGO] – UNITE HERE Local 1 and Local 450 have reached a contract settlement with Hilton Hotels preempting the expiration of current contracts, which expire on August 31, 2013. The agreement covers over 600 workers from the Drake, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Hilton, […]
Press Releases August 15, 2013
Federal contractor accused of threatening to fire cafeteria workers, including inside Department of Labor, for picketing August 15, Washington, DC: The union representing workers at cafeterias in several Washington, DC federal buildings has filed a charge against their employer, FAME Food Management, alleging that workers were threatened with surveillance and discipline, including firing, if they […]
Posts September 15, 2010
Delta East hotel workers went on strike at midnight tonight at yet another Westmont-owned hotel in Toronto when bargaining talks broke down. Frustrated that the hotel chain is trying to make the recession permanent for workers, this is now the fourth strike by workers at a Westmont property in the past two weeks. "Conditions at […]
Posts July 2, 2010
Hundreds of UNITE HERE members in 17 cities across the U.S. participated in LGBT Pride events in the month of June as part of our union’s Sleep With The Right People campaign. Together, we have signed up over 3,000 people at Pride events onto pledges to "Sleep With The Right People"–that is, patronize union hotels […]
Posts March 5, 2014
On March 1, lunchroom workers at Noble Street Charter School employed by Chartwells ratified their first union contract covering 63 workers. While the city was closing public schools, laying off thousands of workers with union jobs, and expanding charter schools in which lunchroom jobs are non-union, Noble lunchroom workers joined the union last August in […]
Posts December 6, 2016
UNITE HERE once again joined the IUF for their annual Global Week of Action for Hotel Housekeepers from October 31 to November 6. Unions from 34 countries and 50 cities participated in solidarity actions to demand safer working conditions and respect for workers in the world’s hotel industry. From UNITE HERE, eleven locals coordinated protests, […]
Press Releases January 19, 2010
What: Worker Strike & Picket Where: Kaiser Honolulu Clinic 1010 Pensacola Street When: Tuesday, January 19, 2009, 6:00 a.m. Honolulu, Jan. 8 – UNITE HERE Local 5, the union that represents nearly 1,800 health care workers – employed by Kaiser Permanente at 21 facilities on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island – has announced […]