Posts March 7, 2010
PLEASANTON, CA–Management at the elite Castlewood Country Club locked out 59 food-beverage and maintenance workers on February 25. The Club is trying to drive workers into giving up access to medical care for their children by forbidding all 59 cooks, dishwashers, and maintenance workers from working for the last seven consecutive days. That’s a devastating […]
Posts March 12, 2010
On Wednesday, March 10, 400 members of the UNITE HERE New England Joint Board were joined by community supporters in a rally at HomeGoods in Bloomfield, CT. UNITE HERE members at the HomeGoods distribution center are fighting for a new contract and were joined in solidarity by distribution center workers from across New England who […]
Posts March 13, 2010
Coast Hotel workers across British Columbia who are members of UNITE HERE Local 40 are celebrating a historic contract victory today. After months of organizing, mobilizing and hard work at the bargaining table, committee leaders in the Coast Bastion Inn-Nanaimo, Coast Harbourside Victoria, Coast Capri-Kelowna and Coast Inn of the North-Prince George can be proud […]
Posts March 16, 2010
Las Vegas, NV–In two demonstrations on March 11, over 1,500 members from the Culinary Workers Union, Local 226 and Bartenders Union, Local 165 from Las Vegas Strip and Downtown casinos joined workers from Station Casinos who want a fair process to decide whether to form a union without management interference. Workers outraged by the company’s […]
Posts March 18, 2010
HMS Host workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) overwhelmingly ratified a new contract Monday by a vote of 99%. The new contract, which covers over 800 workers, preserves free family healthcare and gives significant wage increases to all bargaining unit members, setting a new standard for concessions workers at LAX. The worker negotiating committee […]
Posts March 29, 2010
On March 25th, hotel workers told Columbia Sussex Corporation that they are tired of paying for the company’s debt and want a fair process to organize a union at rallies around the country. Hotel workers called on customers to boycott 8 hotels owned by the company, according to UNITE HERE, the hotel workers union. In […]
Posts March 29, 2010
On Friday, March 26th, a new contract was ratified by UNITE HERE members at the AJ Wright distribution center in Fall River, MA. Members of the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE ratified the contract by a 93% margin. The new AJ Wright contract came after months of solidarity actions among the 700 Fall […]
Posts March 29, 2010
Hundreds of members of UNITE HERE Local 804 held a contract convention on Thursday, March 25, the day before they began contract negotiations. Local 804 represents over 900 food service workers who proudly serve our military at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia. Over 500 Local 804 members and supporters met together to prepare for contract […]
Posts April 7, 2010
(April 7, 2010, San Francisco) – Hotel workers at the Hilton San Francisco walked off the job this morning, announcing a three-day strike in support of their efforts to negotiate a contract with the giant 1900 room hotel. Approximately 850 workers are participating in the strike, which began at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, and will last […]
Posts April 12, 2010
On April 7, over 300 South Florida workers and community supporters convened for the largest rally to ever take place on Miami International Airport property. With the rally situated directly outside Concourse E at the center of the airport, workers and supporters were met with hundreds of friendly honks, waves and thumbs-up from passengers making […]