Posts February 10, 2011
Panelists Call on Owners to Do Right by Players, Workers, and Fans Washington, D.C. American Rights at Work and the NFL Players Association convened a panel today at the National Press Club to discuss the immediate threat an NFL lockout poses to players, workers, small businesses, and communities. "The threat of a lockout is more […]
Posts June 10, 2011
Last month, Lakayana and Nathan, two student leaders from Madison, Wisconsin, drove over 2,000 miles to Las Vegas, Nevada, to help out with an action at Stations Casino. When they arrived in Las Vegas they teamed up with Fatima and Jonathan, two Loyola Marymount students from Los Angeles who were fresh off their organizing victory […]
Posts April 8, 2013
Long Beach, Calif. (April 8, 2013) – Hyatt hotels in Long Beach, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Long Beach City Councilwoman, the Honorable Dr. Suja Lowenthal, today announced that associates at Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Hyatt The Pike Long Beach have elected to be represented by UNITE HERE Local 11. All Hyatt associates who […]
Posts August 9, 2017
On July 31, our union sister TeeTee Dangerfield was senselessly murdered. TeeTee was a server at the Atlanta Airport, a very proud member of Local 23, and a trans woman. Her murder is being investigated as a potential hate crime.We are horrified and saddened by TeeTee’s unconscionable murder, a crime that took away a shining star […]
Posts October 9, 2018
CLICK TO WATCH Thousands of hotel workers in eight U.S. cities say they’ll remain off the job until a new contract is reached with Marriott International. About 7,700 employees of the world’s largest hotel chain are now walking picket lines in Boston, Detroit, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose, as well as two […]
Press Releases December 3, 2004
Monterey, December 3, 2004. Following its November 18 call for a boycott of the Monterey Bay Travelodge, today UNITE HERE Local 483 has launched a website for travelers, travel planners, and interested community members with current and ongoing information about the boycott at www.boycottmontereybaytravelodge.info. A rally to announce the website will be held today in […]
Pages February 14, 2017
On October 5, 2016, Harvard University dining hall workers launched a historic strike. The strikers, members of UNITE HERE Local 26, had two key demands: affordable health care and sustainable incomes. Strikers demanded $35,000 a year from the $35 billion dollar institution. Harvard dining hall workers maintained a strong and united strike for 22 days—more […]
Pages December 2, 2019
As the union of hospitality workers, immigrants are the backbone of our Union. Past and present, immigrant workers have been at the center of our Union’s efforts to end poverty and change lives—from over 100 years ago, when our immigrant founders led the historic Bread and Roses strike, to today, when our immigrant members lead […]
Press Releases October 29, 2004
Honolulu, October 29 – Shortly after 3 am this morning, a group of locked out hotel workers from the Sheraton Palace hotel in San Francisco began picketing the employee entrance of the Sheraton Waikiki and Royal Hawaiian hotels. Currently 4,000 hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2, have been locked-out by 14 hotels in […]
Press Releases November 11, 2004
Who: Locked out San Francisco hotel workers and their families What: Press Conference: to discuss the impact the employer lockout — which includes cutting off health care coverage to Local 2 members and their families — is having on people with serious health problems. When: Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 1:30pm Where: UNITE HERE, Local […]