Press Releases August 31, 2009
HONOLULU – A week after more than 1,000 Local 5 health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Kaiser’s Honolulu and Wailuku Clinics, the hotel and healthcare workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 5 has launched a website, www.Local5Deliver.org, as part of their 2009 statewide contract campaign. Local 5’s new website features an online […]
Posts July 10, 2007
Today teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters launched its back-to-school clothing line at stores across North America. At the same time, UNITE HERE and student groups announced they would step up the “American Vulture” campaign, which calls for a boycott of the company until it enforces its Code of Conduct and prevents worker intimidation at […]
Press Releases April 18, 2016
LAS VEGAS–UNITE HERE invites prospective investors to review its critical analysis of the second-class IPO by Red Rock Resorts, Inc. (proposed NASDAQ ticker: RRR) at: www.RRRIPOdissected.org. Investors who buy Red Rock’s second-class shares on offer will gain a minority (33%) stake in the once-bankrupt Las Vegas casino and tavern operator, Station Casinos. “It is alarming […]
Press Releases March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Change to Win released a print ad today demanding the United States Congress reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement deal that the Bush administration is threatening to send to Congress in the coming weeks despite strong opposition. “American workers are sick of job-destroying trade deals that benefit multinational corporations,” said Bruce Raynor, […]
Pages August 14, 2017
Thank you for taking action. Learn more about SB 17 below. SB 17 is a common-sense approach to providing transparency in drug pricing which will help ensure access to affordable prescription drugs for Californians. Prescription drug prices continue to skyrocket year after year, despite intense public scrutiny. Drug companies can increase prices whenever they want, […]
Posts March 8, 2007
Over 150 members – with their families in tow – of Local 516 (American Apparel) and Local 1633 (Crown Laundry), both in Selma, Alabama participated in the Edmund Pettus Bridge march last weekend. UNITE HERE members were led by local presidents Jannie Thomas and Betty Williams and joined by President John Wilhelm and Ms. Willie […]
Posts November 2, 2009
After months of working with no contract and facing the prospect of losing the free family health benefits that they’d been receiving for years, the cafeteria workers at Hunter College finally won a collective bargaining agreement from AVI Foodsystems. This contract — ratified unanimously on October 27 — includes free family health benefits, a significant […]
Pages May 22, 2014
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Posts April 22, 2020
Sorry, Mr. President, we are not taking the bait! Your latest executive order is a phony deal. You need to stop using immigrants as a foil yet again to distract the American people. This is exactly what you are doing with his latest executive order halting immigration to America for 60 days. Your own Immigration […]