Posts January 24, 2015
Local 5 members who work for Kaiser Permanente Hawaii voted yes by 88% to go on strike. Local 5 officially gave notice to Kaiser Permanente that workers will be going on strike for six days from Monday, February 2, 12:01am through Saturday, February 7, 12:00 midnight. Over the last few years, workers organized four SWATA’s […]
Posts April 13, 2015
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Allston announced Saturday that they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott. During the course of their campaign housekeepers educated the public about the pain they experienced cleaning hotel rooms. […]
Posts June 16, 2016
Statement from Bob McDevitt, President, UNITEHERE Local 54: “Today thousands of workers from Tropicana, Caesars, Bally’s and Harrah’s voted to authorize a strike on July 1 if they don’t have a fair contract. The vote was 96% in favor. We have told the companies that we are available days, evenings, and weekends to negotiate. The […]
Posts October 11, 2017
UNITE HERE Local 26 dining hall workers ratify agreement, win $35,000 and affordable health care in “incredible victory” Boston, MA—On October 10, UNITE HERE Local 26 members on Northeastern University’s campus ratified a 5-year agreement just hours before they were scheduled to begin a strike. Workers voted 316 to 2 to authorize a strike on […]
Pages September 6, 2017
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Press Releases November 18, 2015
[Chicago, IL] One year ago, President Obama reiterated his immigration enforcement priorities and announced an Executive Order that would have provided deportation relief for nearly five million undocumented workers in the U.S. By contrast, workers at Ruprecht Company, a meatpacking plant in Mundelein, IL, have faced arrests or firings after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]
Press Releases March 15, 2014
LAS VEGAS, NV – The Culinary and Bartenders Unions’ negotiating committee reached a tentative agreement for a new 5-year contract with the Stratosphere Las Vegas on Saturday evening. “I am very excited we got a new contract that protects our benefits and will help bring more workers back to food and beverage jobs at the […]
Press Releases January 4, 2023
Norfolk, VA – Over two dozen UNITE HERE members and activists are canvassing full-time to help push Aaron Rouse over the finish line on the January 10th special election. UNITE HERE Locals 25 and 23 represent over 3,500 workers in hotels, restaurants, airports, airlines, cafeterias, and parking garages in Virginia, as well as 8,000 Virginia voters. During the 2022 midterms, under the banner […]
Press Releases March 11, 2005
Press Conference at Madison Square Garden, Friday, March 11, 12 noon WHAT: Madison Square Garden workers speak out about Cablevision’s cutoff of their health insurance and other problems at MSG. Launch website www.FightattheGarden.info to publicize their fight vs. Cablevision. WHEN: Friday March 11, 12 noon WHERE: 7th Ave. and 31st St. in front of Madison […]
Press Releases August 31, 2009
HONOLULU – A week after more than 1,000 Local 5 health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Kaiser’s Honolulu and Wailuku Clinics, the hotel and healthcare workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 5 has launched a website, www.Local5Deliver.org, as part of their 2009 statewide contract campaign. Local 5’s new website features an online […]