Posts August 31, 2011
On August 26, 2011, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board issued a Complaint charging that Castlewood has maintained an unlawful lockout of its unionized workers since August 10, 2010–"in order to deny the Locked Out Employees the right to return to their former positions of employment because the Locked Out Employees joined […]
Posts November 18, 2011
Last week, activists send a petition to Pomona College to repeal its gag order that prohibits workers from talking to students in dining halls. Now, Pomona College officials are demanding that some dining hall workers, along with some student employees and faculty, present documents authorizing them to work in the United States. And if they […]
Posts January 24, 2014
On a frigid day January 22, Pentagon food service employees joined other contracted federal workers for a one-day action to bring attention to demands of low-wage workers across the United States. The crowd withstood the bitter cold to make their case to President Barack Obama, pressing him to issue an executive order requiring all federal […]
Posts March 7, 2017
“We are the Union of hospitality workers, including thousands of workers at airports across the U.S., who everyday welcome travelers and refugees from all over the globe. “The Trump Administration is fooling nobody; today’s order is another Muslim and refugee ban, despite a few surface tweaks. This administration has been adamant about targeting a group […]
Posts March 18, 2017
Airline catering and airport workers from Dulles and National Airports joined protesters at Dulles International Airport today to rally against President Trump’s second immigration order, also known as Muslim Ban 2.0. The majority of airline catering and airport workers at Dulles and National Airports are immigrants, including many refugees. Workers and allies also called on […]
Posts August 25, 2005
On Wednesday, August 10, 620 workers were fired by the airline caterer Gate Gourmet in a dispute provoked by the company, whose aim was to replace union members with cheap labor. In response, baggage handlers at Heathrow — members of the same union as the Gate Gourmet workers who had just lost their jobs — […]
Posts September 17, 2010
The National Labor Relations Board has issued a complaint against Castlewood Country Club for engaging in unfair labor practices, “interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in Section 7 of the (National Labor Relations) Act,” and “failing and refusing to bargain collectively and in good faith.” Workers are marking […]
Posts June 10, 2015
On Thursday, June 4th HTC members voted, by an enormous majority, to approve a 7 year extension to the Industry Wide Agreement which will cover over 23,000 workers, securing an unprecedented 11 years of guaranteed wage increases and healthcare. 3,436 members voted by secret ballot in the Gertrude Lane Auditorium of the Union’s offices in […]
Posts April 14, 2009
Federal, state and local tax dollars are being used to buy products made in sweatshops, according to a new report released today by SweatFree Communities titled Subsidizing Sweatshops II: How our tax dollars can foster worker rights and economic recovery rather than fuel the race to the bottom. Findings include child labor, obligatory pregnancy tests, […]