Press Releases August 16, 2016
Las Vegas, NV – Today, the Culinary Union announced it is joining the campaign by Golfers Opposing Bigotry to end golf’s partnership with Donald Trump. The group is urging the USGA and the PGA to stop holding major championships at Trump properties and not to enter into any new partnerships with the businessman because “[his] […]
Pages February 14, 2017
On October 5, 2016, Harvard University dining hall workers launched a historic strike. The strikers, members of UNITE HERE Local 26, had two key demands: affordable health care and sustainable incomes. Strikers demanded $35,000 a year from the $35 billion dollar institution. Harvard dining hall workers maintained a strong and united strike for 22 days—more […]
Pages December 2, 2019
As the union of hospitality workers, immigrants are the backbone of our Union. Past and present, immigrant workers have been at the center of our Union’s efforts to end poverty and change lives—from over 100 years ago, when our immigrant founders led the historic Bread and Roses strike, to today, when our immigrant members lead […]
Press Releases August 4, 2005
San Francisco, CA – Former managers of Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation filed a class-action complaint in federal district court in San Francisco yesterday alleging the uniform giant discriminated against them because they are African-American. Establishing a new lawsuit, the plaintiffs, Clifton Cooper and Larry Houston, accuse Cintas of denying them promotional opportunities offered to their white […]
Press Releases February 13, 2006
WHAT: A nationwide tour to launch a new campaign to empower thousands of hotel workers in cities across North America as they work to improve their jobs and secure better lives for themselves and their families. WHO: Senator John Edwards Actor/Director Danny Glover Mayors and other elected officials UNITE HERE Presidents Bruce Raynor and John […]
Press Releases August 10, 2006
WHAT: Press Conference WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 17 at 1:30 WHERE: Johnson Square, Savannah WHO: Speakers will include Hugo Boss employees from Ohio and Georgia, Congressional candidate Reverend Jim Nelson, State Representative Al Williams, and other supporters. Midway, Georgia – On August 17, a delegation of Hugo Boss employees who work in the company’s Cleveland plant […]
Press Releases August 14, 2007
PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hotel workers, including housekeepers, dishwashers, cooks, servers and front desk staff, at the prestigious Ritz Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena have been organizing for an agreement to allow them to choose whether to have union representation, without interference or opposition from management, with UNITE HERE Local 11. The hotel is managed by Marriott […]
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 August 29, 2008
NEW BEDFORD, MA — Today, members of the Eagle Industries Organizing Committee (EIOC) issued a personal invitation to Mr. William H.T. Bush, youngest brother of President George Herbert Walker Bush and uncle of the current President Bush to visit New Bedford and talk to workers at the troubled Eagle Industries facility. Mr. Bush is commonly […]
Press Releases July 17, 2009
In response to Andy Stern’s July 7th memo that fictitiously claims that SEIU has stopped its anti-union raiding of UNITE HERE members and jurisdictions, UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm has released the following document that details SEIU’s ongoing actions. The attached documents show continued interference by SEIU in UNITE HERE contract negotiations, new organizing drives, […]