Posts January 5, 2012
After one-day strike in December, struggling cooks, janitors and dishwashers win fair contract Workers from the California Club, one of downtown LA’s oldest private clubs, have won wage increases and higher contributions to workers’ pension and healthcare funds in a new contract settled just before the end of the year. The settlement comes just weeks […]
Posts January 13, 2012
Following majority votes at kitchens around the country, UNITE HERE members who work at LSG Sky Chefs have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that covers more than 7,000 in-flight catering workers. The new contract terms will be in effect until 2015. The agreement comes at the successful conclusion of federally-mediated negotiations and makes significant […]
Posts January 30, 2012
Campus dining workers at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis became the first cafeteria workers in Indianapolis with a union contract, after voting to ratify the agreement reached between Chartwells and the IUPUI Union Negotiating Committee. The contract is a huge step forward for workers at the state university located in downtown Indianapolis. The contract, which runs […]
Posts March 22, 2012
National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is in Las Vegas today to pledge his support for Station Casino workers involved in the country’s largest private sector organizing drive. Since the 2007, management-led buyout allowed thirteen insiders to take $660 million out of the company, workers at Station Casinos have not had a raise, have had the […]
Posts May 4, 2012
On Wednesday, May 2, 1,006 Local 25 members who work at the 21 hotels covered by the newly negotiated contract voted on the agreement that was reached with industry operators just a few days earlier. The results of the ratification vote were 99.5% in favor. The new contract, which is the best in Local 25’s […]
Posts September 13, 2012
One hundred and twenty Local 23 members in DC in six cafeterias operated by IL Creations unanimously ratified their new collective bargaining agreement. After working without a contract for up to four years in some of the locations, "by standing together, taking part in rallies and other job actions" the workers won a master agreement […]
Posts February 14, 2013
On February 13th, food and retail workers at BWI Thurgood Marshall airport in Baltimore attempted to deliver an oversized copy of their airport workers’ Bill of Right to representatives of private management company AirMall USA, but were turned away. In 2004, AirMall entered into an exclusive contract with the State of Maryland to operate concessions […]
Posts April 25, 2013
Contract represents path forward while Hyatt is still at odds with workers [CHICAGO] – UNITE HERE Local 1 and Local 450 have reached a contract settlement with Hilton Hotels preempting the expiration of current contracts, which expire on August 31, 2013. The agreement covers over 600 workers from the Drake, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago Hilton, […]
Posts August 29, 2013
Following an organizing effort that brought together airport workers from across the country, Delaware North employees have ratified a new union contract. The bargaining was led by a national bargaining committee comprised of cooks, servers, cashiers, hosts, bartenders and utilities employees from fourteen airports around the country. The workers approved their contract by a vote […]
Posts September 17, 2013
Workers overwhelming approve agreement providing raises, affordable health care Indianapolis, Ind. — Workers employed by Aramark at Butler and Marian Universities have ratified their first union contract, overwhelmingly approving the agreement 115-1. Campus and food service workers at both universities were recognized as a union within the last year. The contract comes after over eight […]