Pages January 6, 2022
UNITE HERE is a labour union that represents over 300,000 members working in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries in North America. UNITE HERE represents over 18,000 hotel and hospitality workers across six locals in Canada. Our membership is diverse. We are predominantly women and people of colour, […]
Press Releases April 19, 2010
What: A coalition of Notre Dame students will begin a five-day hunger strike today to protest Notre Dame’s investment in HEI Hotels and Resorts Where: Outside Main Building, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana When: Delegation to President Jenkins’ office at 9am, April 19 Protest will continue from April 19 through April 23 Notre […]
Press Releases September 16, 2021
NEW YORK – Hotel housekeepers in eight cities across the U.S. and Canada will mobilize to protest job cuts at Hilton hotels throughout International Housekeeping Week (Sept. 13-19). With unemployment benefits expired, housekeepers say that Hilton has reduced cleaning services in order to avoid putting housekeepers back on the job. Overwhelmingly women of color, housekeepers […]
Press Releases October 11, 2021
NEW YORK – Seventeen unions have said they will review contracts for their future conventions, meetings, and other events to ensure that attendees receive automatic daily housekeeping. The unions – which represent educators, health care professionals, and more – have also written letters to CEO Chris Nassetta, criticizing Hilton’s policy of automatically opting guests out […]
Press Releases December 14, 2021
MCLEAN, VA – Hotel workers’ union UNITE HERE has issued a travel alert for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HLT) guests, advising that most Hilton hotels’ default is no longer to clean hotel rooms daily. As the COVID-19 Omicron variant raises new safety concerns about holiday travel, housekeepers say that Hilton should not reduce cleaning services. […]
Press Releases October 15, 2021
UNITE HERE President D Taylor shared remarks today on the future of hotel housekeeping: “The hotel industry is trying to get back to full occupancy without ever bringing back its full workforce or restoring the services that guests expect and love. The overwhelming majority of UNITE HERE hotel workers are ready and want to go […]
Press Releases December 8, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. textile industry and the labor union UNITE HERE urged the House and Senate to reject the Haiti and AGOA provisions contained in H.R. 6406. Elements of Congress have been pushing to attach these provisions to tax and trade legislation in this week’s lame duck session of Congress. Industry leaders and […]