Posts December 15, 2009
The H1N1 (swine flu) virus remains a major concern for hospitality industry workers throughout North America. Unite Here Local 11 has released a short video entitled "It’s a Small World: Disney and the H1N1 Virus" about Disney hotel workers, mainly in Anaheim, California, who are concerned about contracting or spreading the H1N1 virus at their […]
Posts January 5, 2010
In August of 2009, union contracts expired for over 9000 hotel workers in San Francisco. Since then hotel workers have been standing together to defend their healthcare and retirement standards. On Tuesday, January 5, over one thousand hotel workers and their community allies took to the streets in downtown San Francisco, demonstrating against major hotel […]
Posts January 12, 2010
On January 4, 300 HMS Host workers at the Vancouver Airport (YVR) received notice that the company was prepared to lock them out within 72 hours. Host workers have been working without a union contract since March 2009. The lockout notice came unprovoked. Workers had not taken a strike vote or job action. Surprisingly, Host […]
Posts January 14, 2010
The recent earthquake in Haiti has affected thousands of Haitian and Haitian-American UNITE HERE members across the country. To supplement the crucial day-to-day assistance that UNITE HERE affiliates are providing to their members, we have established the UNITE HERE Relief Fund. We encourage UNITE HERE members and affiliates to contribute to the fund, which will […]
Posts January 30, 2010
Last August workers at the Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Washington County Pennsylvania organized and won their union when over 80% chose to join UNITE HERE. Led by a strong and committed negotiating committee, these workers are now celebrating the ratification of an outstanding first contract. To prepare for negotiations the committee surveyed hundreds of […]
Posts February 5, 2010
Disneyland Hotel Workers announced Thursday that they plan to engage in a water-only fast starting on Feb. 9, 2010. Workers say they are fasting because of concerns about health and safety at work. While more than 2,000 hotel workers have been without the protection of a contract, workload and managerial pressure has increased and staffing […]
Posts February 16, 2010
In President’s Day address, leaders call on Disney Corp. to provide affordable healthcare for its hotel workers CA Speaker-Elect John A. Pérez, CA Assembly Member Jose Solorio, and other elected leaders showed support for hunger-striking Disney hotel workers on Monday by calling on the Walt Disney Corporation to continue to provide affordable healthcare for its […]
Posts February 17, 2010
The recession has put pressure on workers everywhere, but UNITE HERE members are standing together to win strong contracts despite the economic downturn. Over the last month, distribution center workers in Worcester, MA, hotel/casino workers in Puerto Rico, and hotel workers in San Diego, CA, have all ratified strong new contracts. On Friday, February 5th, […]
Posts March 5, 2010
Today, Robert Kidder, a former executive of Fall River Shirt Company, officially opened a new shirt manufacturing company, New England Shirt. The workers at New England Shirt are members of the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE and have already negotiated a union contract with the company. At today’s opening, UNITE HERE members proudly […]