Press Releases December 7, 2004
Riverboat workers have set a strike date and are preparing to walk off the job during the busy Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend unless new contracts can be reached at four area casinos. “There’s no better way to honor the legacy of Dr. King than to fight for our families,” says Andre Martelly, a […]
Press Releases March 14, 2005
What: Over 100 UNITE HERE International Union officers will join in support of the Monterey Bay Travelodge workers at a Wednesday rally in front of the hotel. This rally follows more than seven months of weekly demonstrations, which have drawn over 1,200 participants. The Travelodge workers, the union and other Monterey Bay community members are […]
Press Releases March 22, 2005
Members of the American Philosophical Association (APA) will picket the Westin St. Francis hotel, 335 Powell Street in San Francisco this Wednesday, March 23rd, between 4:00 and 5:00 pm. The philosophers want to show their support for San Francisco hotel workers (members of UNITE HERE Local 2) fighting for a fair contract. They will also […]
Press Releases March 31, 2005
On Thursday, March 31, hundreds of working families, union leaders and community allies will hold a mass demonstration in New York City to challenge Charles Schwab to withdraw support for privatizing Social Security. The action will take place outside the Ritz Carlton hotel at 12noon at 2 West St., corner of Battery Place where Charles […]
Press Releases August 24, 2005
Minneapolis, MN – As students across the country prepare to head back to school, union members have embarked on a national campaign to educate the public about the dangers of chemicals commonly used by TruGreen ChemLawn on school grounds. Starting this Saturday, members of the union UNITE HERE will canvass 100,000 households in 20 states […]
Press Releases April 10, 2007
ORLANDO, FL, Apr. 10 – What does a Disney Cast Member do once all the visitors have left the Magic Kingdom? She hangs up her costume, returns to her apartment, and worries about how she is going to support her kids on wages that do not keep up with the rising cost of health insurance […]
Press Releases September 18, 2007
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007 beginning at 7:00 a.m. (HST), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) will commence with the tallying of votes in the union election at Hale Koa Hotel – the U.S. Army owned and operated hotel located at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. Eddie Yagin and Lynda Nakagawara, Local 5 members and employees […]
Press Releases September 19, 2007
Honolulu – UNITE HERE! Local 5, a local labor organization which represents nearly 12,000 hotel and service workers throughout the state of Hawaii, was elected today to continue representation of the more than 800 hotel workers at the Hale Koa Hotel – the U.S. Army owned and operated hotel located at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. […]
Press Releases March 7, 2008
CHICAGO—On the one year anniversary of the horrific death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez in Tulsa, Oklahoma, employees at Cintas, North America’s largest industrial laundry, launched a historic effort to force the company to provide safe workplaces. Chicago-area employees, elected leaders, and community allies rallied outside of the company’s Bedford Park, Illinois, laundry to […]
Press Releases April 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 – The Cintas Corp. was criticized today in a U.S. Senate hearing for having a dangerous pattern of disregarding worker safety. The hearing, held by the Employment and Workplace Protections Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sought to hold leading corporations like Cintas accountable for repeated safety […]