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 […]
Posts March 18, 2010
HMS Host workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) overwhelmingly ratified a new contract Monday by a vote of 99%. The new contract, which covers over 800 workers, preserves free family healthcare and gives significant wage increases to all bargaining unit members, setting a new standard for concessions workers at LAX. The worker negotiating committee […]
Posts May 17, 2010
UNITE HERE Local 11 hosts weekend of events aimed at building worker, LGBT alliance Joined by legendary activist Cleve Jones, hotel workers and their supporters celebrated Pride in Long Beach this past weekend, sponsoring a labor/LGBT coalition-building lunch and marching in the annual parade. More than 70 UNITE HERE Local 11 members marched in Sunday’s […]
Posts June 15, 2010
Strikers at the Congress Hotel, joined by hundreds of community supporters and members of UNITE HERE Local 1, rallied outside the Congress Hotel yesterday, June 14, to commemorate the 7th Anniversary of the Congress Hotel Strike, now the longest hotel strike in American history. The event, led by keynote speaker Congressman Luis Gutierrez, gave recognition […]
Posts November 11, 2010
On November 10th, hotel workers in the nation’s capital, members of UNITE HERE Local 25, held a rally and march declaring that workers will not accept recession-era standards. Hundreds of workers rallied at Farragut Square and then marched through downtown Washington, DC. Over 4,500 hotel workers have been bargaining with Hilton, Marriott, Starwood, Hyatt and […]
Posts April 20, 2011
More than 140 campus dining workers at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 11. Campus dining workers at LMU, the largest Catholic university on the West Coast, are employees of the multinational food service company Sodexo. After a hard-fought campaign, the campus dining workers at LMU won […]
Posts January 5, 2012
After one-day strike in December, struggling cooks, janitors and dishwashers win fair contract Workers from the California Club, one of downtown LA’s oldest private clubs, have won wage increases and higher contributions to workers’ pension and healthcare funds in a new contract settled just before the end of the year. The settlement comes just weeks […]
Posts March 30, 2012
Hundreds of workers, students, clergy and community members will take to the streets on Friday, March 30, celebrating the legacy of Cesar Chavez by calling for justice and peace for food service workers organizing a union at Pomona College. The call for peace comes after a prolonged period of bitter conflict on the prestigious Inland […]
Posts April 13, 2012
A bargaining unit of more than 400 campus dining workers at Northeastern University have voted to form a union, and will join UNITE HERE Local 26. The workers, who are employees of Chartwells, voted overwhelmingly to join the union on April 12 after several months of organizing. "This is such an exciting victory for all […]
Posts May 3, 2012
Via Real Food Real Jobs–Over the past four months, Chicago’s lunchroom workers have spoken with parents across the city about their vision for the food served to Chicago’s schoolchildren. The workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 1, also took their vision for freshly cooked food to the bargaining table. Today, in a landmark agreement, the […]