Pages May 7, 2014
March 25, 1911… The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City’s’s Greenwich Village was one of the worst workplace disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The fire took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers. It also galvanized a reform movement to raise standards for workers. “It is by remembering our […]
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 […]
Press Releases July 21, 2021
Las Vegas, NV – On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, the United States District Court in Nevada ordered a rare and extraordinary injunction against Station Casinos’ Red Rock Casino for their outrageous conduct during the December 2019 National Labor Board Relations (NLRB) union election at the property. In its thorough 34-page decision, the federal court found […]
Press Releases May 2, 2023
UNITE HERE Local 355, the labor union that represents food-service workers at the Marlins’ LoanDepot park, reached a tentative agreement with Levy Restaurants, a part of Compass Group USA. Through this agreement, food service workers will receive a minimum increase of nearly $10 per hour over 4 years. This is a step towards raising South […]
Press Releases March 31, 2023
Union members voted by 97% to ratify the contract. Under this agreement, every current theme park worker in the union will receive a raise between $5.50 and $8.60 by the end of the contract, with the first $3 in raises arriving this year.
Posts January 19, 2017
BOSTON, MA—UNITE HERE Local 26 members who work in food service at Northeastern University announced today they will hold a 1-day strike starting at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20. Workers will walk off the job to march with students to rallies in Boston during President-Elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration. The strike is inspired by the […]
Press Releases September 13, 2022
Hollywood, FL—A strike was narrowly prevented last night when UNITE HERE Local 355 and the Diplomat Beach Resort reached an agreement for a new contract a few minutes before midnight. After the bargaining agreement between the Diplomat Beach Resort and UNITE HERE Local 355 had expired, workers voted by 99% to authorize a strike—demanding $20 […]
Press Releases May 30, 2023
NATIONWIDE—In a major success story that has raised wages and improved working conditions for essential campus workers across the country, over 1,900 campus dining workers at 20 colleges and universities organized with UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, between August 2022 and May 2023. Dining services workers cook and serve on-campus meals to students, faculty, […]
Press Releases December 20, 2017
Orlando, Florida – Tonight after months of contract negotiations and two days of voting, workers at Disneyworld rejected the contract offered by Disney with a historic 93.4% no vote. This stunning rejection of the contract was the highest participation vote ever for Disney Orlando. Workers decided that the contract inadequately addressed poverty wages paid by […]
Posts March 20, 2013
Workers Plan First Civil Disobedience on Las Vegas Blvd. in over 20 years Las Vegas, NV – Workers at the Cosmopolitan Casino have been in contract negotiations with owner, Deutsche Bank, for over two years. The parties have not come to an agreement on major issues that are central to contracts at other major casinos […]