Press Releases April 7, 2021
NEWARK – One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, United Airlines has already received $7.7 billion from the U.S. government in order to keep workers employed, and is able to receive billions more. But at a time when airline workers need job security, United has announced plans to contract out inflight catering work, without giving workers […]
Press Releases September 22, 2021
Shortly after a devastating earthquake that resulted in the deaths of over 2,200 Haitians and the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the Biden Administration is deporting families to Haiti under Title 42, without offering them legal protection or the opportunity to file for asylum. UNITE HERE represents over 300,00 hospitality workers across the U.S. […]
Posts March 6, 2006
Toronto, ON-“Hundreds of UNITE HERE members, staff as well as hotel workers and supporters will be turning out for the International Women’s Day march in Toronto on Saturday, March 11. Attendance at the march will be a symbol of current labor struggles and women’s movements. UNITE HERE members have been meeting with Toronto feminist groups […]
Posts April 2, 2007
On March 30, workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport’s HMSHost ratified their first union contract. HMSHost operates food and beverage concessions (restaurants, fast food, coffee shops) at the Atlanta airport and at many other airports around the country. The agreement, covering 800 workers, is the first-ever union contract for Atlanta airport concessions workers. Highlights of […]
Posts April 23, 2007
Arizona laundry workers and their allies fanned out across three cities and two states on April 20 as part of a regional Fox Chase to seek out hiding restaurateur Sam Fox, owner of Fox Restaurant Concepts. Fox has been laying low, hiding from Milum Textile laundry workers since workers and community supporters attempted to deliver […]
Posts May 14, 2007
Hundreds of members of UNITE HERE Canada’s Ontario Council rallied outside an American Eagle Outfitters store in Toronto’s Fairview Mall on Friday to protest unfair treatment of workers at the third-party warehouse that distributes merchandise to the apparel retailer’s stores throughout Canada. On April 30, a majority of workers at National Logistics Services, located in […]
Posts June 13, 2007
University students joined UNITE HERE members and supporters yesterday to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. The rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase clothing from the chain store until it enforces […]
Posts February 20, 2008
UNITE HERE mourns the loss of Rev. James E. Orange, a leader in the civil rights and labor movements and a fighter for working people. “James was the real connection between the labor and civil rights movements in the South,” explains UNITE HERE General President Bruce Raynor. “He personally built the bridge between the two […]
Posts July 16, 2008
Hotel Workers and LGBT community unite to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians and workers. On July 10th, UNITE HERE and LGBT leaders announced a full-scale boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The coalition is calling for Hyatt to take action to correct a record of discrimination against workers at the hotel. […]
Posts February 10, 2011
Panelists Call on Owners to Do Right by Players, Workers, and Fans Washington, D.C. American Rights at Work and the NFL Players Association convened a panel today at the National Press Club to discuss the immediate threat an NFL lockout poses to players, workers, small businesses, and communities. "The threat of a lockout is more […]