Posts September 22, 2005
Piscataway, NJ– One hundred and sixty UNITE HERE members at Meritex Industrial Laundry in Piscataway, NJ won an important contract fight this month. Meritex, which is owned by Hilton, will double its contributions for workers’ medical insurance over three years, giving our members real hospitalization coverage for the first time. Workers also won paid sick […]
Posts October 30, 2008
Neisia Giles, a UNITE HERE Local 1 shop steward at US Cellular Field, has been volunteering for the Obama campaign in Virginia for two months. The mother of five decided to volunteer in order to be a role-model for younger generations. "I wanted to show my children and grandchildren about voting and the role that […]
Posts December 12, 2008
St. Louis Military Contractor Fails to Pay Sick Days to Low-Wage Workers Puerto Rico law requires 12 sick days annually; DOD says it will look into workers’ claims New York – St. Charles, Missouri-based Propper International, the largest military apparel manufacturer in the U.S., does not pay sick days to its workers. According to an […]
Posts June 3, 2009
On May 28th, hundreds of concession workers at the Meadowlands arena in New Jersey (home of the Jets and Giants) rallied against Delaware North Companies (DNC) there. Many of the people protesting on Thursday have worked at the arena for years and feel part of the family. Peggy Trigo, a 17-year worker at the arena, […]
Posts July 2, 2010
Hundreds of UNITE HERE members in 17 cities across the U.S. participated in LGBT Pride events in the month of June as part of our union’s Sleep With The Right People campaign. Together, we have signed up over 3,000 people at Pride events onto pledges to "Sleep With The Right People"–that is, patronize union hotels […]
Posts October 13, 2010
More than a year after union hotel contracts expired, 850 hotel workers at the Hilton Union Square, the nation’s second largest Hilton hotel, walked off the job at 4:00 a.m. on October 13. Workers announced a six-day strike protesting Hilton’s efforts to lock workers into permanent recessionary contracts, even after Hilton extracted $180 million in […]
Posts March 7, 2011
After many months of bargaining, UNITE HERE and Hilton Worldwide have reached tentative settlements in three major markets–Chicago, San Francisco, and Honolulu. The agreements signal a major breakthrough in citywide hotel negotiations nationally and a path forward for hotel workers as the hospitality industry emerges from the recession. The tentative agreements, affecting nearly 4,000 workers, […]
Posts May 16, 2011
Throughout the spring, Local 217 in Connecticut and Rhode Island has won numerous contract victories in both food service and hotels. Union members have ratified new contracts covering more than 600 workers, including: school cafeteria workers in East Bay and Newport (Rhode Island) and Meriden and West Hartford (Connecticut), campus dining workers at the University […]
Posts May 19, 2011
Employees of the W Boston and the Back Bay Hotel have overwhelmingly voted to unionize, bringing the number of organized workers at Boston hotels to about 4,000, roughly 60 percent of all full-service hotel workers. Around 200 housekeepers, bellhops, restaurant staff, valets, and maintenance workers at the two hotels are now members of UNITE HERE […]
Posts December 15, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Workers from the California Club, one of downtown LA’s oldest private clubs, walked off the job today, Thursday, Dec. 15, in a one-day strike. As corporate profits soar and the economy rebounds for the rich, workers are striking in protest of management’s demand to freeze wages for six months. Workers are asking […]