Posts October 6, 2005
Chicago, IL–On September 21, hundreds of hotel members of UNITE HERE Local 1 in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to increase their strike fund contributions an extra $10 a month. The extra contribution will stay in effect until the 2006 contract is settled. "We’ve got to get ready to fight," said Margarita Arellano, a room attendant at […]
Posts December 8, 2005
In a successful event held on Saturday, December 3, UNITE HERE union members joined Toronto hotel workers, local labor leaders, celebrities, and community leaders to publicly support a campaign to raise the standard of living for hotel workers across the city and internationally. Actor and activist Danny Glover, Mayor David Miller,UNITE HERE President Bruce Raynor, […]
Posts January 26, 2006
The UNITE HERE Hotel Workers Rising campaign represents an effort to empower thousands of hotel workers employed in cities across North America as they work to improve their jobs and secure better lives for themselves and their families. In recent decades, the hotel industry has transformed from locally owned and operated businesses, into one that […]
Posts April 27, 2006
Millions of Americans are working their hearts out every day but still falling short of the basics of the American Dream -” a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, retirement security, a voice on the job and a chance to give their kids an education and a better future. This week, Change […]
Posts May 18, 2006
This week, a new campaign developed in coordination with the gay and lesbian community was released to support hotel workers across North America in their effort to achieve the American Dream for themselves and their families. According to recent statistics, the American gay and lesbian population represents close to a $60 billion travel market, patronizing […]
Posts June 30, 2006
Washington, DC-"During an exciting reception this Wednesday attended by dozens of high profile national organizations and community leaders, the Informed Meetings Exchange (INMEX) was launched to help advise meeting planners that want information on the labor situation at hotels in cities across North America. UNITE HERE has established INMEX to help organizations spend their hotel […]
Posts July 6, 2006
Atlantic City, NJ- Thousands of UNITE HERE members were laid-off earlier this week during a one week stand-off by the NJ Legislative Assembly that shut down casino operations and racetracks in New Jersey. The state government was shut down over the weekend when lawmakers failed to pass a budget by the July 1 deadline. Various […]
Posts July 30, 2006
During a two-day organizing conference held in Cincinnati last weekend, approximately 500 UNITE HERE service sector members and staff gathered together to launch the Service Workers Rising! campaign, an effort to unite 100,000 UNITE HERE members employed in the Laundry, Airport concessions and the Food Service industries across North America. Service companies like Compass, Sodexho […]
Posts October 6, 2006
Hotel workers were among over 2,000 demonstrators who closed Century Boulevard near the Los Angeles International Airport during evening rush hour on September 28 to demand an end to the exploitation of immigrant workers at nearby hotels. UNITE HERE and the We Are America Coalition sponsored the march and civil disobedience. The event was widely […]
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 […]
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