Press Releases November 18, 2015
[Chicago, IL] One year ago, President Obama reiterated his immigration enforcement priorities and announced an Executive Order that would have provided deportation relief for nearly five million undocumented workers in the U.S. By contrast, workers at Ruprecht Company, a meatpacking plant in Mundelein, IL, have faced arrests or firings after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]
Press Releases April 22, 2016
NEW YORK â In a publication released today, the UNITE HERE Airport Group highlighted myriad reasons why German-owned AIRMALL USA is a poor fit for New Yorkâs largest airport. AIRMALL is in consideration to develop, manage and operate food and beverage and retail concessions at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Terminal 5. The choice will […]
Press Releases September 27, 2018
(NEW YORK NY) â Today, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), Bill Granfield, President of UNITE HERE Local 100, and Alvin Ramnarain, President of RWDSU Local 1102 lauded the vote by the Port Authority to enact a new wage resolution. In addition to increasing wages, the new policy includes […]
Press Releases November 17, 2018
Boston, MAâThe all-seasons strike of Boston hotel workers is over after strikers overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract with Marriott on Saturday. The 46-day strike, which was the longest and largest hotel worker strike in Bostonâs history, led to the richest and most economically progressive contract in Local 26 history. Hotel workers rallied around […]
Press Releases January 31, 2024
(Washington, D.C.)â Today, a supermajority of restaurant workers at The Bazaar by JosĂŠ AndrĂŠs in Washington, D.C., have announced their intention to form a union with UNITE HERE Local 25. The celebrity chefâs highly-rated restaurant is located within the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC hotel, the same federally-owned former Post Office that previously housed the Trump […]
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 […]
Posts November 4, 2010
Hyatt Regency Toronto workers called a boycott of their employer on November 4. The boycott is a response to the growing frustration workers have with Hyatt as a result of its unwillingness to bargain a fair collective agreement, and more recently, its decision to suspend the grievance procedure for employees. UNITE HERE Local 75 members […]
Press Releases March 14, 2007
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 14 —- Michael Kaib a server at the LAX Hilton and Alicia Melgarejo a housekeeper at the LAX Hilton, were two of the 16 workers who fasted for a living wage in December of last year. On March 13th, both workers were fired by the LAX Hilton. The workers believe they were […]