Posts July 1, 2013
Every day for two weeks, parents and school staff have fasted and rallied on the steps of Governor Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia office, calling for funding that would allow the city’s school district to restore student safety staff to its lunchrooms, hallways and schoolyards. On July 1, on the heels of a newly approved Pennsylvania budget […]
Posts August 17, 2013
Workers strike to end second-class wages, benefits, heavy workloads Sheraton Vancouver Airport workers held a one-day strike on Saturday, August 17, to protest fourteen months of management delays and stalled negotiations. This is the first strike by hotel workers in the Vancouver area in 13 years. Sheraton workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, are […]
Posts September 16, 2013
Campus food service workers and their student, faculty, and community allies continue to build a movement for real food, real jobs, & thriving communities in Cambridge and Boston! In just 18 months, 650 dining hall workers at Harvard Law School, Northeastern University, Lesley University, the Episcopal Divinity School, and Simmons College have voted to join […]
Posts October 24, 2013
On Valentine’s Day, the Illinois Senate, with Governor Pat Quinn’s support, approved Senate Bill 11–the “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.” However, the bill never passed the Illinois House of Representatives. Now, Illinois residents and UNITE HERE members are taking action. On October 22, thousands across the state traveled to the state capital to march […]
Posts March 26, 2014
Statement from D. Taylor, President of UNITE HERE International Union Nine months have come and gone since the U. S. Senate passed historic immigration reform legislation with a large bipartisan majority. Since that time the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has sat on its hands except to cast one immigration-related vote: to eliminate funding for the […]
Posts January 24, 2015
Local 5 members who work for Kaiser Permanente Hawaii voted yes by 88% to go on strike. Local 5 officially gave notice to Kaiser Permanente that workers will be going on strike for six days from Monday, February 2, 12:01am through Saturday, February 7, 12:00 midnight. Over the last few years, workers organized four SWATA’s […]
Posts April 13, 2015
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Allston announced Saturday that they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott. During the course of their campaign housekeepers educated the public about the pain they experienced cleaning hotel rooms. […]
Posts October 30, 2015
HONOLULU — October 20, 2015 — After three years of contract bargaining, Kaiser Permanente employees represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that covers 1,900 employees at 22 facilities throughout Hawaii. The agreement retains full pension coverage with no cuts to benefits, provides excellent pay increases, […]
Posts June 16, 2016
Statement from Bob McDevitt, President, UNITEHERE Local 54: “Today thousands of workers from Tropicana, Caesars, Bally’s and Harrah’s voted to authorize a strike on July 1 if they don’t have a fair contract. The vote was 96% in favor. We have told the companies that we are available days, evenings, and weekends to negotiate. The […]