Press Releases July 5, 2017
NEW YORK, NY—UNITE HERE, the national union representing hospitality workers, today unveiled a significant ad buy urging Senator Dean Heller to stand firm in his opposition to the current Senate version of Trumpcare. “The Republican Senate Trumpcare bill would devastate our country’s healthcare system, particularly for our nation’s most vulnerable and working class families,” said […]
Pages November 20, 2018
I hereby authorize UNITE HERE to use photos, videos, statements and audio recordings of me and the above-listed minors—either taken by UNITE HERE or provided by me to UNITE HERE—in any way it deems appropriate to assist UNITE HERE and its partner organizations with their fight for workers’ rights and social justice, including but not […]
Press Releases September 28, 2007
Philadelphia – UNITE HERE, the union representing cafeteria workers in the Philadelphia School District, and SEIU, the union representing janitorial workers in the Philadelphia School District, released an analysis today illustrating Aramark’s mismanagement of the Philadelphia Schools’ full-service school cafeterias and called for an independent audit of the circumstances surrounding the monitoring of the contract. […]
Press Releases September 17, 2015
UNITE HERE joins hundreds of immigration groups nationwide in the federal observance of Citizenship Day, also referred to as Constitution Day, to advocate for and assist the nearly 9 million green card holders living in the United States who are eligible to become citizens.
Press Releases March 3, 2016
Today employees from Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, who recently won a union election, are heading to Trump’s headquarters in Manhattan to speak to the famed negotiator and deliver a demand to negotiate a first contract.
Press Releases March 4, 2016
On March 4, Trump hotel workers demonstrated at a Trump campaign rally in New Orleans, after Mr. Trump failed to show at contract negotiations organized by employees of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
Press Releases July 14, 2019
New York, NY – Days after joining a major campaign calling on American hospitality companies to refuse participation in coming ICE raids, the union that represents North American hospitality workers is applauding Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt and Choice Hotels—some of the largest hotel companies in the world–for leading the way in making that pledge. “Marriott, Hilton, […]
Pages July 21, 2015
As our nation’s leaders debate reauthorization of the FAA, a growing number of labor unions are weighing in to call on Congress to allow airports to increase the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) according to their local infrastructure needs. So far, leaders from the following labor councils and federations have issued statements in support of airports […]
Pages March 21, 2018
This April, more than 2,000 UNITE HERE members from across North America joined tens of thousands more in Memphis, Tennessee, to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Memphis sanitation workers—and carry their legacy forward. Fifty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the historic Memphis sanitation […]
Press Releases October 29, 2004
Honolulu, October 29 – Shortly after 3 am this morning, a group of locked out hotel workers from the Sheraton Palace hotel in San Francisco began picketing the employee entrance of the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian hotels. Currently 4,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, have been locked-out by 14 hotels in […]