Press Releases November 9, 2017
Washington, DC – Today’s breaking news that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly meddled in the Honduran TPS extension decision of the Department of Homeland Security is a misuse of political power and raises major questions about the integrity of DHS’ decision making process. “Today’s revelation that the White House attempted to strong […]
Press Releases November 20, 2017
New York, NY – The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 50,000 Haitian immigrants by the Department of Homeland Security is inhumane and wrong for these 50,000 Haitian workers, their families and American-born children, and the economic viability of the tourism and hospitality industries in the United States. “Today DHS and the Trump administration […]
Press Releases January 8, 2018
New York, NY – The announcement today that the Department of Homeland Security plans to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will create a humanitarian crisis for the nearly 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants and their families who have been working and living in America for up to decades. The loss of work authorizations for dedicated and long […]
Press Releases February 8, 2018
Washington, DC – Today the top two officers of UNITE HERE, International President D. Taylor and General Vice President Maria Elena Durazo, released the following joint reaction to the exclusion of immigration protections in today’s continuing resolution budget deal. “Today’s capitulation of congressional Democrats in accepting a budget deal that leaves Temporary Protective Status (TPS) […]
Press Releases March 5, 2018
Washington, DC – Today UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union which represents thousands of DACA and TPS workers, is marking the Trump DACA deadline with a week of historic worker actions from Honolulu to Washington, DC in a continued commitment to a pathway to citizenship. With the fates of hundreds of thousands of DACA and […]
Press Releases March 13, 2018
San Francisco, CA – This morning at federal court in San Francisco, a UNITE HERE member from Haiti with Temporary Protective Status (TPS) and eight other TPS holders filed a lawsuit to overturn the Trump administration’s Temporary Protective Status terminations. The UNITE HERE member, Wilna Destin of Orlando, Florida is a Haitian TPS recipient and […]
Press Releases April 5, 2018
Honolulu, HI – Hotel workers at the Hyatt Centric Waikiki Beach Hotel voted to join the 11,000 member strong UNITE HERE Local 5. Today’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election results cover 65 workers in the housekeeping, maintenance, front desk, and food & beverage departments. This NLRB election victory is one of many UNITE HERE campaigns […]
Press Releases May 4, 2018
Washington, DC – Today as the Trump administration terminated Temporary Protected Status for Honduran immigrants, UNITE HERE called for immediate congressional action to create a pathway to citizenship for these TPS holders who have lived and worked legally in America for decades. “Gang violence, murder, and extortion of innocent civilians is out of control in […]
Press Releases July 9, 2018
New York, NY – Today travel advisories on Marriott hotels in eight major American cities were launched as a labor dispute looms. Union contracts for Marriott hotels in Boston, Detroit, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle, and various locations in Hawaii have all expired. Union contracts for seven Marriott hotels in San Francisco are set […]
Press Releases October 4, 2018
San Francisco, CA – Today 4,000 Marriott International hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE have shut down the tourism industries of two major American cities in what may quickly become the largest multi-city hotel worker strike ever. Thousands of UNITE HERE Marriott workers in San Francisco struck this morning, joining UNITE HERE Marriott workers in […]
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