Posts February 28, 2007
BANGOR, PA, Feb. 28, 2007 – Five hundred manufacturing jobs will stay put at the Majestic Athletics apparel plant, thanks to a deal struck by VF Corp., who recently acquired Majestic, and UNITE HERE, the union representing plant workers. The agreement ensures that VF Corp. will continue operation in the area, employing 500 workers who have […]
Posts March 8, 2007
Over 150 members – with their families in tow – of Local 516 (American Apparel) and Local 1633 (Crown Laundry), both in Selma, Alabama participated in the Edmund Pettus Bridge march last weekend. UNITE HERE members were led by local presidents Jannie Thomas and Betty Williams and joined by President John Wilhelm and Ms. Willie […]
Posts March 14, 2007
On March 14, 2007, Local 26 union members at Starwood’s Boston hotels overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike and boycott at the Starwood Boston hotels. Over 97% of votes cast were in favor of authorizing a strike and boycott. While negotiations are ongoing, the negotiating committee of 50 Starwood workers is now authorized to call […]
Posts March 19, 2007
On March 17, 100 workers and community members carried out a large demonstration around one of the Crowne Plaza Meadowlands’ biggest events of the year, its annual Beatles-tribute festival. Demonstrators picketed and distributed leaflets to describing the difficulties workers face and calling on the hotel’s owners, RosDev Group, to meet with workers to negotiate a […]
Posts March 24, 2007
At a huge rally in Las Vegas last Friday, over 5,000 members of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 committed to fight for a fair, new contract and received the support of presidential candidates. Local 226 is negotiating new contracts covering over 50,000 workers employed in Las Vegas casinos. The workers’ current contract expires May 31. […]
Posts March 26, 2007
Nearly 500 people gathered to watch as UNITE HERE, the New York City Fire Department, city officials, workers and school children commemorated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The fire claimed the lives of 146 immigrant garment workers, mostly young women. Among those officials who joined UNITE HERE General President Bruce Raynor in marking […]
Posts April 2, 2007
On March 30, workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s HMSHost ratified their first union contract. HMSHost operates food and beverage concessions (restaurants, fast food, coffee shops) at the Atlanta airport and at many other airports around the country. The agreement, covering 800 workers, is the first-ever union contract for Atlanta airport concessions workers. Highlights of […]
Posts April 16, 2007
On April 12, over 1,500 Washington D.C. hotel workers joined UNITE HERE International President Bruce Raynor and Local 25 Executive Secretary-Treasurer John Boardman to rally for workers’ rights and a fair contract agreement in upcoming negotiations. “Hotel workers deserve jobs that support families,” explained Boardman. “They are fighting for a better life for themselves and […]
Posts April 23, 2007
Arizona laundry workers and their allies fanned out across three cities and two states on April 20 as part of a regional Fox Chase to seek out hiding restaurateur Sam Fox, owner of Fox Restaurant Concepts. Fox has been laying low, hiding from Milum Textile laundry workers since workers and community supporters attempted to deliver […]
Posts May 14, 2007
Hundreds of members of UNITE HERE Canada’s Ontario Council rallied outside an American Eagle Outfitters store in Toronto’s Fairview Mall on Friday to protest unfair treatment of workers at the third-party warehouse that distributes merchandise to the apparel retailer’s stores throughout Canada. On April 30, a majority of workers at National Logistics Services, located in […]