Press Releases February 1, 2020
MIAMI—Airline Catering workers who will prepare the food and drink for American Airlines passengers departing Miami following Super Bowl LIV ended their historic 6-day fast on Saturday morning with a breaking of the bread ceremony outside MIA Airport. The workers have been fasting since Monday to call attention to poverty wages and unaffordable health care […]
Posts February 24, 2006
Now without a labor contract for 2 years and without health insurance for 16 months, a dozen Latino hotel workers in Monterey, California, are locked in a battle with their employer, Kilsoo Seo, who wants to trap them in low-wage, no-benefit jobs. Seo, an out-of-town owner from Bethel, Alaska, eliminated his workers’ health insurance and […]
Posts July 1, 2013
Every day for two weeks, parents and school staff have fasted and rallied on the steps of Governor Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia office, calling for funding that would allow the city’s school district to restore student safety staff to its lunchrooms, hallways and schoolyards. On July 1, on the heels of a newly approved Pennsylvania budget […]
Pages May 22, 2014
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Press Releases June 29, 2017
Sacramento, CA – Yesterday afternoon, the California Assembly Health Committee approved passage of UNITE HERE-backed Senate Bill 17, which provides transparency on prescription drug prices. The bill requires drug makers to provide the public with advance notice of price increases on certain prescription drugs. The bill additionally stipulates that health plans must report drug spending […]
Press Releases October 10, 2022
Amid an uptick in labor actions at U.S. airports, Austin airport workers employed by Sodexo say they’re facing a cost-of-living crisis; demand Sodexo agree to a neutral and fair process so workers can decide on whether or not to join a union without facing intimidation or retaliation Austin, TX – Sodexo workers normally spend their […]
Press Releases December 3, 2019
Livestream: www.Facebook.com/Culinary226 Follow along on Twitter: @Culinary226 & @UNITEHERE WHAT: Town Halls with union members and Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss issues important to working people in the 2020 U.S. presidential race. UNITE HERE will also host a roundtable (that will not be attended by candidates) with union members from across the […]
Press Releases November 29, 2017
Washington, DC – With the first confirmation hearing for former Eli Lilly executive Alex Azar underway now, the union that has been tackling big pharma at the state level, and winning new consumer protections against prescription drug price gouging, has laid out the most pressing questions that Azar must answer to reconcile what some say is a disqualifying conflict of […]
Press Releases June 14, 2021
NEW YORK – The hotel industry’s plan to end daily housekeeping would permanently slash the U.S. housekeeping workforce by up to 39 percent and cost housekeepers up to 180,917 jobs and $4.8 billion in annual lost wages, according to a report released by UNITE HERE, the hotel workers’ union. Hotel executives’ unprecedented move to end […]
Pages August 30, 2019
See the trailer: https://www.pbs.org/video/arf-councilwoman-trailer/ Premiere Broadcast September 3, 2019 @ 8/7c America ReFramed on WORLD Channel Streaming Available 9/3–10/3/2019 https://worldchannel.org/episode/arf-councilwoman/ Too few politicians are union members, grandmothers, and immigrants. But one politician is all three: Councilwoman Carmen Castillo. Carmen Castillo is a UNITE HERE union housekeeper and city councilwoman in Providence, Rhode Island and “Councilwoman” is […]