Press Releases March 18, 2020
Click here to listen to or download a recording of the press conference NEW YORK—Today, leadership from across UNITE HERE discussed the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers nationwide in industries as diverse as airlines, hotels, and food service. Leaders called on Congress and local elected officials to do more to step […]
Press Releases June 21, 2023
Most Levy workers at Barclays don’t qualify for employer’s healthcare; majority Black and Latinx workers demand new union contract with raises to afford life in Brooklyn WHO: Hundreds of mostly Black and Latinx suite attendants, concessions cashiers, bartenders, cooks, and other food service workers at the Levy-operated Barclays Center. They are members of the hospitality […]
Press Releases August 30, 2013
Close on the heels of an East-Bay-wide strike of fast food workers, 180 Oakland Airport food and retail workers walked off the job on Friday August, 30th. They are protesting unfair labor practices by their employer, Host International, including regressive bargaining and a retaliatory lawsuit filed against the union. Host’s most recent proposals would strip […]
Press Releases July 15, 2014
[San Francisco] Centerplate, the company that provides hospitality services for the San Francisco Giants, and UNITE HERE Local 2, the union representing 800 food and beverage workers at AT&T Park, have reached a contract agreement that ends labor negotiations at the ballpark. The agreement provides for wage increases, health care and improved pension benefits, and […]
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, […]
Press Releases January 7, 2005
(Washington, DC) – More than 3500 local workers may go on strike at 14 hotels before the Inaugural events if they are not able to secure a fair contract settlement. Hotel employees and their union, UNITE HERE Local 25, have been negotiating with the hotel association since August 2004. Workers authorized a strike on September […]
Press Releases January 26, 2005
Michigan City, IN-Last night workers at Blue Chip casino voted by a 97% margin to ratify a tentative agreement reached last week, averting a strike at the casino. UNITE HERE Local 1 represents 250 workers at the Blue Chip. Blue Chip joins Harrah’s in East Chicago and Trump and Majestic Star Casinos in Gary in […]
Press Releases November 17, 2010
Chicago – After months of organizing, over 200 campus dining workers at Loyola University Chicago have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 1. "I feel blessed. A union means a better life for me and my family," said Janet Irving, a Loyola campus dining worker and member of the worker organizing committee […]
Press Releases April 28, 2011
As San Diego International Airport moves forward with a redevelopment of its food and retail offerings, concessionaires from around the country have been eyeing the Airport for business opportunities. But they’re not the only ones paying attention to the changes that are coming. On April 27, airport workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 30 overwhelmingly […]
Press Releases May 3, 2012
[Chicago, IL] Over the past four months, Chicago’s lunchroom workers have spoken with parents across the city about their vision for the food served to Chicago’s schoolchildren. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 1, also took their vision for freshly cooked food to the bargaining table. Today, in a landmark agreement, the workers and […]