Press Releases March 9, 2010
Three bellmen and a housekeeper to attend annual meeting in San Antonio, supporting ‘Say on Pay’ initiative and contrasting executive and worker compensation ANAHEIM–Three bellmen and a housekeeper from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. will travel to San Antonio this week to attend the Walt Disney Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, March 10. […]
Posts March 6, 2006
Toronto, ON-“Hundreds of UNITE HERE members, staff as well as hotel workers and supporters will be turning out for the International Women’s Day march in Toronto on Saturday, March 11. Attendance at the march will be a symbol of current labor struggles and women’s movements. UNITE HERE members have been meeting with Toronto feminist groups […]
Posts March 5, 2008
Low-Wage Workers Call on Goldman to Spread the Wealth to Cafeteria Workers Amid the bustle of the financial district, hundreds of cafeteria workers employed by Aramark at many of Wall Street’s largest investment banks rallied on March 5 and demanded that Ararmark owner and client Goldman Sachs take action to lift the city’s corporate cafeteria […]
Pages June 19, 2019
Twitter Start following and tagging these suggested Local handles during the #UNITEHERE 2019 convention. Is your Local’s account missing? Post from it using #unitehere or email [email protected] to update this list. Local 1 Chicago—@uniteherelocal1 Local 2 San Francisco—@uniteherelocal2 Local 5 Honolulu—@uniteherehawaii Local 6 New York—@nyhtc Local 7 Baltimore—@uhlocal7 Local 8 Seattle—@uniteherelocal8 Local 11 AZ—@unitehere11az Local […]
Press Releases September 28, 2007
Philadelphia – UNITE HERE, the union representing cafeteria workers in the Philadelphia School District, and SEIU, the union representing janitorial workers in the Philadelphia School District, released an analysis today illustrating Aramark’s mismanagement of the Philadelphia Schools’ full-service school cafeterias and called for an independent audit of the circumstances surrounding the monitoring of the contract. […]
Press Releases May 13, 2008
New York – The Sidney Hillman Foundation has announced the winners of the 2008 Sidney Hillman Foundation Journalism Awards, honoring journalism that explores the issues of social and economic justice. The award categories for 2008 include: Books (non-fiction), Newspaper Reporting, Magazine Reporting, Broadcast Reporting (television and radio), Photojournalism, and Blogs. The 2008 awards are given […]
Press Releases October 21, 2009
Who and What: Thousands of hotel workers vote whether to go on city-wide strike. When and Where: Thursday, October 22, 2009 Press Conference: 10am at Civic Auditorium Civic Auditorium at 99 Grove Street (between Larkin and Polk Streets) Why: About 9,000 hotel workers have been working without a contract since mid-August. After over two months […]
Press Releases October 22, 2009
San Francisco hotel workers voted overwhelmingly today to authorize strikes against 31 of the city’s upscale hotels. Over 3,000 workers cast ballots, with 92.3% approving the measure. The union’s 125-member bargaining committee now has the authority to call actions up to and including strikes if necessary. Workers will remain on the job unless and until […]
Press Releases November 2, 2009
San Francisco’s hotel workers union, UNITE HERE Local 2, made an attempt today to avert a strike by putting forth a low-cost proposal to the Hilton Corporation. Under the union’s one-year proposal, the hotel company’s labor costs would rise by less than 2%. Since August, San Francisco hotel workers have been negotiating for a new […]
Press Releases September 12, 2010
TORONTO–Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, have staged another one-day walkout today, angered that the hotel is showing no respect for its workers. "As TIFF celebrates the new Bell Lightbox with a street party for Torontonians, and the Hyatt boosts its profits with film guests this week, […]