Posts February 10, 2005
San Francisco. The cooling off period agreed to by UNITE HERE Local 2 members in San Francisco and the 14 Multi-Employer Group (MEG) hotels at the end of the lockout ended on January 23, 2005. Local 2 and the hotels negotiated throughout the cooling off period and have continued those negotiations. A bargaining session is […]
Posts November 20, 2009
The study, based on 55,000 worker-years of observation of 2,865 injuries at 50 unionized hotel properties, is the first to analyze the difference in injury rates by both sex and race/ethnicity among hotel workers. Among its findings, the study indicates that women hotel workers were 1.5 times more likely to be injured than men, Hispanic […]
Posts September 2, 2011
On August 25, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Gregory Z. Meyerson issued a long-awaited verdict on the sixteen separate allegations of unlawful behavior which had been lodged against Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC, the operator of the Sheraton Anchorage hotel, by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board), the federal agency authorized to enforce the National […]
Posts February 14, 2013
On February 13th, food and retail workers at BWI Thurgood Marshall airport in Baltimore attempted to deliver an oversized copy of their airport workers’ Bill of Right to representatives of private management company AirMall USA, but were turned away. In 2004, AirMall entered into an exclusive contract with the State of Maryland to operate concessions […]
Posts February 21, 2013
After 3-Year "David and Goliath" Struggle, Country Club Workers Win Secure Jobs, Family Health Care PLEASANTON, CA – After a dogged three-year battle – including an illegal lockout that lasted longer than the siege of Leningrad – food service workers at Castlewood Country Club won a great contract that provides job security, affordable family health […]
Press Releases March 29, 2006
The following is a statement by John Wilhelm, President/Hospitality Industry of UNITE HERE, in response to the approval of comprehensive immigration reform legislation by the Senate Judiciary Committee. UNITE HERE represents more than 440,000 active members and more than 400,000 retirees throughout North America. Its diverse membership includes a high percentage of immigrant workers who […]
Press Releases April 14, 2015
In response to unresolved complaints regarding insufficient staff and equipment at their workplace, hundreds of employees at airline caterer Flying Food Group began a one-day strike Tuesday at 4am. Today’s strike could have implications for Flying Food Group’s airline clients, including flight delays or reduced onboard food and beverage service. LA’s imminent high travel season […]
Press Releases November 7, 2022
Statement from UNITE HERE on projected midterm canvassing numbers — “We decided to throw down in the 2022 midterms because we knew the stakes were too high. We had no choice but to invest our ground game in critically close swing states where we had recent success in securing wins for Democrats — Nevada, Arizona, […]
Press Releases January 28, 2023
We are disgusted and outraged that police have murdered yet another unarmed Black man. Despite a national uprising over racist police brutality in 2020, police killings reached a record high in 2022, during which law enforcement officers killed 1,176 people. What is it going to take for us to wake up? We grieve for Tyre’s family and friends, […]
Posts March 10, 2009
Earlier today, the Employee Free Choice Act was introduced in the House and Senate. It’s being supported by, among others, millions of American workers who would like a union – and with it a union contract. It’s being opposed by CEOs who you can be sure all bargained for a contract before they ever set […]