Posts January 27, 2011
Workers from the Wilshire Hotel struck for one day on January 26, after hotel owner Leo Lee slashed workers’ wages and benefits. For example, Lee cut wages of workers earning about $10 an hour to the state’s minimum wage of $8 an hour, while others earning about $13.70 were cut to about $10 an hour. […]
Posts June 2, 2011
In light of the Strauss-Kahn and other assault controversies, housekeepers in cities across North America hold public events, speaking out against abuses at work. On June 2, hotel housekeepers in eight cities across the country held coordinated speak-outs to break the silence on the dangers of their jobs, calling on the thousands of housekeepers across […]
Posts June 24, 2011
On June 23, in Oakland, California, Local 2850 escalated the fight at Castlewood County Club, where the workers have been locked out since February 25, 2010. In the first civil disobedience to take place at the Club, nearly 100 demonstrators blocked the roadway leading to an entrance of the golf course for several hours during […]
Posts July 15, 2011
Joined by coworkers from around the country, hundreds of inflight catering workers for LSG Sky Chefs from New York’s airports marched to the headquarters of the German airline Lufthansa, Sky Chefs’ parent company, on July 14 to demand the settlement of a fair contract for the more than 6,000 Sky Chefs workers across North America […]
Posts July 28, 2011
In several cities nationwide, HEI workers and supporters are protesting the mistreatment of workers by HEI Hotels, the 7th largest hotel management company in the U.S. Protests are focusing on the company’s pattern of punishing actions against "whistle-blowers"–workers who speak up about their working conditions. Three recent incidents highlight what happens to HEI workers when […]
Posts September 19, 2011
This month, campus dining workers at Northwestern University, members of UNITE HERE Local 1, won an agreement with their employer, Sodexo, that brings significant improvements in wages, health benefits and language that protects immigrant workers. The insistence by Northwestern students, faculty, administration and alumni that the University create good, sustainable jobs on campus was key […]
Posts October 13, 2011
As Los Angeles’ Hotel Bel-Air sets to reopen on October 14, former employees are fighting for their jobs back. In Fall 2009, the management abruptly announced it would completely shut down and layoff all employees on the day the workers’ union contract expired. Unlike hotels such as the Wilshire Grand, Beverly Hilton and more, the […]
Posts December 8, 2011
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – December 7, 2011 — By an overwhelming majority, UNITE HERE Local 11 members at the Disneyland Resort ratified a new, mutually beneficial, five-year collective bargaining agreement that was supported by both union leadership and the company. The contract will be in effect through January 2017, and applies to the union’s 2,100 workers […]
Posts February 13, 2012
On February 3, US District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess granted a 10(J) preliminary injunction as authorized under the National Labor Relations Act, ordering the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage to recognize and bargain with UNITE HERE Local 878. This order was wide-reaching and included many significant issues for the workers at the hotel, which is […]
Posts June 4, 2012
San Jose, CA–About 250 workers at the Doubletree San Jose walked off the job early morning on June 4, the first strike at a Silicon Valley hotel since the region’s hotel industry began its rapid expansion in the 1980s. Workers are confronting company efforts to impose long-term wage freezes and underfund health care, even while […]
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