Press Releases September 27, 2018
(NEW YORK NY) – 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 July 16, 2018
Miami, FL – On Tuesday night UNITE HERE Local 355 Miami successfully capped two months’ worth of frantic grassroots, political, and media advocacy by packing the Miami Dade County Commission with members in red union shirts, and watching as the County Commission reverse course to deliver on promised raises for 2,000 concessions workers at the […]
Pages March 21, 2018
This April, more than 2,000 UNITE HERE members from across North America joined tens of thousands more in Memphis, Tennessee, to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Memphis sanitation workers—and carry their legacy forward. Fifty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the historic Memphis sanitation […]
Press Releases January 31, 2018
New York, NY – Effective January 1st, 2018, all eligible UNITE HERE workers with benefits through UNITE HERE HEALTH now have inclusive transgender health benefits, including coverage of gender confirmation surgery, hormone therapy, counseling services, and more. These benefits have already been available to all UNITE HERE union staff, and we are proud to announce […]
Press Releases December 21, 2017
CHICAGO, IL— O’Hare Airport restaurant workers employed by HMSHost International are on strike. Workers at some food service outlets walked off the job in an effort to gain affordable, quality healthcare as a part of a new union contract. Striking workers, who are Starbucks baristas, servers, cooks, and other restaurant workers, are picketing HMSHost outside […]
Press Releases October 19, 2017
Contact: Rosslyn Wuchinich: (267) 273-1803 or (267) 495-9578 President, UNITE HERE Local 274 PHILADELPHIA – A dozen clergy and hotel/food service workers were arrested today while over 100 clergy, parishioners, union members and students descended on Philadelphia’s newest hotel, the Aloft, to demand the return of millions of taxpayer dollars they say were misspent on […]
Press Releases September 11, 2017
Sacramento, CA – The bipartisan passage of California Senate Bill 17 today out of the State Assembly is a major victory for all working people, and our union applauds the courage of the 66 California Assemblymembers who voted yes for this bill – and thus yes to a health care system that puts people over […]
Posts August 9, 2017
On July 31, our union sister TeeTee Dangerfield was senselessly murdered. TeeTee was a server at the Atlanta Airport, a very proud member of Local 23, and a trans woman. Her murder is being investigated as a potential hate crime.We are horrified and saddened by TeeTee’s unconscionable murder, a crime that took away a shining star […]
Press Releases June 23, 2017
New York, NY — Cleve Jones, a legendary gay rights activist and union leader with UNITE HERE is being honored at the VH1/Logo Trailblazer Honors for his groundbreaking work and bravery fighting for equality in America. Jones will be receiving his award alongside pop legend Cyndi Lauper in a program featuring Nancy Pelosi, the Alvin […]
Press Releases June 15, 2017
LAS VEGAS, NV – Today, the Culinary Union thanks Governor Brian Sandoval for signing a historic pharmaceutical transparency bill into law and congratulates the first-term State Senator Yvanna Cancela (NV-10) for pioneering the landmark legislation to protect Nevadans who are living with diabetes from price gouging. “We are pleased that Nevada is leading the nation […]
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