Posts February 10, 2017
Los Angeles, CA – Maria Elena Durazo, UNITE HERE’s General Vice President for Immigration, Civil Rights and Diversity, has issued the following statement in response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against reinstating President Trump’s travel ban, targeting Muslim immigrants: “The Ninth Circuit’s unanimous ruling against Donald Trump’s unAmerican ban on Muslims and […]
Posts May 30, 2015
In late May, workers at Baltimore’s BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport visited Frankfurt, Germany. They have asked Fraport AG — parent company of BWI’s concessions developer AirMall USA — to address the poor quality of jobs and working conditions the airport’s food and retail concessions program. Frustrated with lack of action since Fraport acquired AirMall nearly […]
Press Releases June 27, 2023
Over 1,000 Compass food service workers ratify life-changing union contracts that include more than $8 in raises, 4 weeks paid parental leave, affordable or free healthcare, an end to non-union temporary workers in their shops, and more Washington, D.C. — Nearly 1,100 food service workers at elite institutions across DC have secured new union contracts […]
Press Releases March 20, 2024
Download photos and b-roll from the picket line here. Menlo Park, CA – Hundreds of Flagship food service workers picketed their employer’s cafeteria at the Meta Menlo Park headquarters today, calling for a new union contract with significant raises. Flagship workers in Menlo Park participated in a survey with other employees of Meta’s food service […]
Press Releases May 30, 2024
Download b-roll here. Austin, TX – GM Culinary workers and supporters picketed their employer’s cafeteria at Meta Austin today to inform the public that GM Culinary does not have a contract with UNITE HERE. The same workers have called for a fair process that allows workers to decide to unionize without interference from their employer. […]
Posts March 22, 2024
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City’s’s Greenwich Village on March 25, 1911, was one of the worst workplace disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The fire took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers. It also galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers.
Posts September 26, 2007
As classes resumed this month, students at more than twenty campuses across North America participated in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. College students from Ottawa to Miami and San Antonio to Montreal are supporting the back-to-school boycott protesting workers’ rights abuses at […]
Posts September 18, 2008
Striking hotel workers at the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago organized for picketing action and protest with UNITE HERE Local 1 after learning that ‘America’s Next Top Model’ was holding auditions at the hotel. In early September, the popular reality television show announced that it would stage a local casting call at the Congress, but […]