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Concessions workers welcomed their special guest, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, and pledged to work together to make changes on the job and in the city.
Posts July 14, 2014
Concessions workers welcomed their special guest, Houston Mayor Annise Parker, and pledged to work together to make changes on the job and in the city.
Posts April 14, 2016
Aramark dining and catering workers at Loyola University of Chicago won their second contract since joining the union in 2010. The members of UNITE HERE Local 1 will now gain access to affordable Union healthcare, 40-hour-per-week contract language, protections for immigrant workers and much more. The agreement averted a strike. Aramark at Loyola workers speak over […]
Posts September 1, 2015
Gate Gourmet workers (members of Local 1) rally in Chicago in January 2015. On Thursday, August 27th votes were tallied and Gate Gourmet airline catering members approved a new union contract covering 7907 workers across the country!  The contract was ratified by a 92% margin and will be expire December 31, 2017. 3499 workers are […]
Press Releases January 23, 2009
LOS ANGELES—The California Court of Appeal removed restrictions limiting coverage under the city’s Living Wage Ordinance in a landmark decision this week. A panel of the Court unanimously issued a decision invalidating a regulation requiring that employees spend 20 hours per month on contracted work with the city to be covered. This week’s decision strengthens […]
Press Releases April 27, 2017
WASHINGTON—This year’s May 1 actions in cities across the country will be the largest mobilization around International Workers’ Day in the U.S. since the national call for immigration reform reached its pinnacle in 2006. More than 30,000 UNITE HERE members in 27 cities will take part in actions in their communities and workplaces Hundreds of […]
Press Releases July 11, 2019
President D. Taylor: “Hotels are meant to welcome people from all over the world, not jail them” Statement by D. Taylor, President of UNITE HERE: “UNITE HERE stands for protecting and fighting for the dignity of all people within the borders of the United States and Canada. We fight for every working person in the […]
Posts November 17, 2011
On November 14, 2011, UNITE HERE Local 40 members in Vancouver, BC, ratified a new union contract with the Hilton Metrotown Hotel by 89%. The new contract includes historic housekeeping workload relief language–the best in Canada–as well as key improvements to banquet workers’ compensation, pension contributions and wage increases for all Hilton workers. The Hilton […]
Posts April 26, 2012
With an injury rate nearly double the national rate in 2010 according to a union analysis, current and former Pomona College dining hall employees filed a complaint with Cal/OSHA on April 26. This complaint comes as a result of debilitating injuries sustained in food service work at the college. As labor and work safety organizations […]
Posts October 30, 2012
In celebration of Food Day, 150 students, workers, and community allies gathered at Northeastern University to calling for "Justice in the Food Chain" – from Immokalee to Boston, from farm to cafeteria. The panel and roundtable discussion brought together dining service workers, students, and faculty from Boston’s many colleges – along with farmworkers, organic growers, […]
Posts December 18, 2012
By a vote of 54-1, food service, maintenance, and housekeeping staff at Marian University in Indianapolis have voted to join UNITE HERE. The workers are employed by Aramark, which provides the food and maintenance services to the university. Campus faculty, other staff, community allies, and the university’s Franciscan Sisters have all been supportive of the […]
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