Pages December 2, 2019
Access to high quality healthcare should be a right not a privilege. That’s why our Union has fought for decades to create ways for housekeepers, kitchen workers and their families to have access to care at little or no cost. In places like Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Chicago, and New York, we’ve even built our […]
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 November 15, 2021
(Honolulu) – On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Health Care Unions reached tentative agreement on a four-year contract, covering nearly 50,000 Kaiser Permanente health care employees in 22 local unions—including UNITE HERE Local 5—and strengthening the Labor Management Partnership. The agreement includes new staffing language to continue to protect employees […]
Press Releases March 11, 2005
Press Conference at Madison Square Garden, Friday, March 11, 12 noon WHAT: Madison Square Garden workers speak out about Cablevision’s cutoff of their health insurance and other problems at MSG. Launch website www.FightattheGarden.info to publicize their fight vs. Cablevision. WHEN: Friday March 11, 12 noon WHERE: 7th Ave. and 31st St. in front of Madison […]
Press Releases September 17, 2015
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) is introducing legislation, which will eliminate the 40% excise tax on health benefits as part of the Affordable Care Act. If implemented in 2018, the tax could put health plans for thousands of UNITE HERE members and millions more nationwide at risk. Statement by D. Taylor, President […]
Press Releases June 27, 2014
This reversal by Sodexo is a useful reminder that when workers, students, and faculty speak out publicly, they can make a real difference in people’s lives.
Posts December 12, 2008
St. Louis Military Contractor Fails to Pay Sick Days to Low-Wage Workers Puerto Rico law requires 12 sick days annually; DOD says it will look into workers’ claims New York – St. Charles, Missouri-based Propper International, the largest military apparel manufacturer in the U.S., does not pay sick days to its workers. According to an […]
Posts March 7, 2010
PLEASANTON, CA–Management at the elite Castlewood Country Club locked out 59 food-beverage and maintenance workers on February 25. The Club is trying to drive workers into giving up access to medical care for their children by forbidding all 59 cooks, dishwashers, and maintenance workers from working for the last seven consecutive days. That’s a devastating […]
Posts November 6, 2023
I moved to Richmond my hometown of Farmville, Virginia when I was nineteen because there no jobs there. Growing up, I watched my parents work around the clock as they struggled to support my brother and me. I started working when I was fifteen at the McDonald’s in Farmville the second I was old enough. […]
Press Releases December 12, 2008
New York – St. Charles, Missouri-based Propper International, the largest military apparel manufacturer in the U.S., does not pay sick days to its workers. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, Tom Kellim, Propper’s chief executive, did not deny that the company fails to give workers the sick days required by Puerto Rico […]