Press Releases July 27, 2015
The austerity program prescribed by the European Union as a condition of Greece’s loan extension includes a privatization program to raise 50 billion euros from the sale of Greek state assets. While Germany was widely perceived as taking a hardline approach in negotiations over the terms of loan extensions, a German company—Fraport Group—that is majority […]
Pages June 3, 2014
UNITE HERE members stay healthy with comprehensive, affordable health care. With UNITE HERE, tens of thousands of families have access to high quality care that our members—cooks, room cleaners, and busboys—can actually afford. In cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, members pay $50 or less in monthly premiums to cover their entire families. In Atlantic […]
Pages September 6, 2017
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Press Releases December 17, 2004
Honolulu, December 17 – In preparation for potential labor disputes ahead, UNITE HERE Local 5 members overwhelmingly voted to contribute to a strike and defense Fund. The series of special membership meetings on four islands concluded yesterday with 6 meetings throughout the day at Honolulu’s Blaisdell Center. By a 72% margin, union members voted to […]
Press Releases April 8, 2005
On Tuesday, April 5th, members of UNITEHERE Local 274 ratified a new (3) three-year contract with the Wyndham Franklin Plaza. A secret ballot ratification vote was held at the hotel after a presentation of the contract improvements, agreed to between the parties, was made to the members. The new contract was ratified overwhelmingly by a […]
Press Releases June 8, 2006
New York, NY – Members of UNITE HERE, the apparel and textile workers union, will begin a campaign of protests today at Hugo Boss stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. UNITE HERE will educate Hugo Boss customers about the company’s unfair stance in contract negotiations with the workers at their distribution center in Savannah, Georgia […]
Press Releases September 14, 2006
Monterey, CA — After months of tough negotiations, UNITEHERE! Local 483 came to a pending agreement with Global Hyatt Corporation on a new 4-year contract at 1 a.m. this morning. The tentative pact, which awaits a union membership approval vote on Tuesday, averted a strike threat at the Hyatt Regency Monterey and Park Hyatt Carmel […]
Press Releases June 16, 2010
What: Demonstration marking second year of campaign for worker justice at Hyatt Santa Clara When: Thursday, June 17th – 5:30 p.m. Where: In front of Hyatt Santa Clara, 5101 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara Who: 200 hotel workers and community members. Speakers include: Cleve Jones, an internationally renowned LGBT activist, who has spearheaded a campaign […]
Press Releases August 5, 2010
Who: Castlewood Workers and Community Members What: Picket, Rally and March as Congressional Candidate crosses Picket Line in 150-day Lockout Where: Castlewood Country Club When: 11:30am to 1:00pm, Thursday August 5, 2010 Pleasanton, CA: Locked out Castlewood workers fight to move their families out of poverty as Republican Congressional candidate David Harmer crosses their picket […]
Press Releases December 8, 2011
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – December 7, 2011 — By an overwhelming majority, UNITE HERE Local 11 members at the Disneyland Resort ratified a new, mutually beneficial, five-year collective bargaining agreement that was supported by both union leadership and the company. The contract will be in effect through January 2017, and applies to the union’s 2,100 workers […]