Press Releases March 20, 2017
WASHINGTON—The members of UNITE HERE are reigniting their campaign to demand Congress protect the health care of millions of hardworking Americans. As the GOP Trumpcare plan speeds toward a vote of the full House, UNITE HERE is escalating efforts to educate voters about the disastrous effects of Trumpcare on costs, coverage, and care for millions […]
Press Releases June 2, 2015
EAST CHICAGO, IN – The union for workers in gaming, hotels, and food service industries, UNITE HERE, has launched a new website intended as a resource for customers of Northwest Indiana casinos who need to know whether labor disputes could affect their plans in the area. The website, www.indianagamingalert.org, will be regularly updated with information […]
Press Releases July 15, 2014
[San Francisco] Centerplate, the company that provides hospitality services for the San Francisco Giants, and UNITE HERE Local 2, the union representing 800 food and beverage workers at AT&T Park, have reached a contract agreement that ends labor negotiations at the ballpark. The agreement provides for wage increases, health care and improved pension benefits, and […]
Press Releases June 30, 2011
Rabbis and other faith leaders have released a report today, pledging to treat a number of Hyatt Hotels as "not kosher." Open the Gates of Justice: A Clergy Report on Working Conditions at Hyatt Hotels describes a range of practice by Hyatt that clergy found "contrary to the religious traditions we uphold." This report is […]
Press Releases June 12, 2007
NEW YORK, June 12 — U.S. and Canadian university students joined apparel and service workers today to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. Today’s rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in midtown Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase […]
Posts February 9, 2012
UNITE HERE Local 54 members in Atlantic City have overwhelmingly voted to approve a new contract with the Gold Nugget Atlantic City. Under the three-year agreement workers will continue to receive free family health care and an employer-sponsored pension. All workers will receive at least one wage increase over the course of the agreement with […]
Posts June 13, 2016
ATLANTIC CITY — The Trump Plaza Casino and Hotel is now closed, its windows clouded over by sea salt. Only a faint outline of the gold letters spelling out T-R-U-M-P remains visible on the exterior of what was once this city’s premier casino. Not far away, the long-failing Trump Marina Hotel Casino was sold at […]
Posts September 16, 2015
Winner Honored for Achievement and Union Values Union Plus recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 106 students representing 36 unions, including one winner representing UNITE HERE, in the 2015 Union Plus Scholarship Program. In this 24th year of the program, more than 5,000 applications were received from union members, their spouses and their dependent children […]
Press Releases September 18, 2018
Beginning Tuesday, about 2,700 workers in United Airlines’ five airline catering kitchens will finally have their opportunity to vote in a union election. The election is scheduled between September 18 and October 23, with voting to take place either online or via telephone. “Today is an important day in our union—the day that workers in […]
Press Releases April 23, 2018
What: UNITE HERE union hotel workers from multiple cities appeared on an ABC Dateline 20/20 special sexual harassment investigation episode with Diane Sawyer When: Friday, April 20th, 10pm EST Where: ABC 20/20; Watch online at here. Who: UNITE HERE hotel workers from cities where our hotel workers took on the rampant sexual harassment in the […]