Press Releases September 11, 2017
Sacramento, CA – The bipartisan passage of California Senate Bill 17 today out of the State Assembly is a major victory for all working people, and our union applauds the courage of the 66 California Assemblymembers who voted yes for this bill – and thus yes to a health care system that puts people over […]
Press Releases July 22, 2008
CHICAGO, July 22, 2008—The Coalition of Injured Cintas Workers today announced the launching of a nationwide tour to expose the hidden human costs of keeping America’s laundry clean. This summer, the Painful Truth Tour will span the nation to show investors, community leaders and Cintas uniform wearers in the hospitality industry the effect that unsafe […]
Press Releases October 29, 2004
Honolulu, October 29 – Shortly after 3 am this morning, a group of locked out hotel workers from the Sheraton Palace hotel in San Francisco began picketing the employee entrance of the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian hotels. Currently 4,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, have been locked-out by 14 hotels in […]
Press Releases April 18, 2012
Las Vegas – Today, a group of eighteen workers will commence a seven-day fast. Thirteen workers from Station Casinos along with five union members will give up food as part of the continued demand for a fair process for Station workers to decide whether they want representation. Milton Farfan, a dishwasher at Red Rock Casino, […]
Press Releases August 25, 2015
“The EB-5 regional center program is fundamentally unfair. Immigration laws should benefit all—not just the 1%, “said Maria Elena Durazo, vice president for civil rights, diversity, and immigration with UNITE HERE.
Press Releases March 4, 2016
On March 4, Trump hotel workers demonstrated at a Trump campaign rally in New Orleans, after Mr. Trump failed to show at contract negotiations organized by employees of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas.
Posts October 6, 2005
Chicago, IL–On September 21, hundreds of hotel members of UNITE HERE Local 1 in Chicago voted overwhelmingly to increase their strike fund contributions an extra $10 a month. The extra contribution will stay in effect until the 2006 contract is settled. "We’ve got to get ready to fight," said Margarita Arellano, a room attendant at […]
Posts August 27, 2013
SEATTLE, WA — Seattle Hyatt hotel workers and supporters are launching a boycott of the Hyatt at Olive 8 and the Grand Hyatt Seattle, denouncing difficult working conditions, unaffordable healthcare, and use of subcontracted workers. Seattle Hyatt workers also say the hotels’ local owner, Richard Hedreen, has refused to agree to a fair process for […]
Pages June 7, 2021
Washington Post: 4,000 Google cafeteria workers quietly unionized during the pandemic We Google food service workers are 4,000 strong with the support of 300,000 members of UNITE HERE, North America’s hospitality union. In 15 locations across two countries, we have the power to make thing better—together. Your local Your first point of contact with […]
Posts October 11, 2017
UNITE HERE Local 26 dining hall workers ratify agreement, win $35,000 and affordable health care in “incredible victory” Boston, MA—On October 10, UNITE HERE Local 26 members on Northeastern University’s campus ratified a 5-year agreement just hours before they were scheduled to begin a strike. Workers voted 316 to 2 to authorize a strike on […]
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