Press Releases February 17, 2010
ANAHEIM – Eight hunger strikers ended their fast Tuesday evening after seven days without food. In an 700-person march and ceremony that shut down Disneyland Drive, workers "passed the fast" on to five hotel workers who will carry the hunger strike to Walt Disney Corporate headquarters in Burbank. "Workers have engaged in this fast to […]
Press Releases March 9, 2010
Three bellmen and a housekeeper to attend annual meeting in San Antonio, supporting ‘Say on Pay’ initiative and contrasting executive and worker compensation ANAHEIM–Three bellmen and a housekeeper from the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. will travel to San Antonio this week to attend the Walt Disney Corporation’s annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, March 10. […]
Press Releases September 3, 2010
TORONTO–Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, home of this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, have begun a one-day walkout after they bargained past a midnight deadline without reaching a new agreement. Picketing is to begin at 7:30 a.m. this morning. A massive rally of hotel workers and others from across the city will take place […]
Press Releases September 16, 2010
TORONTO- For the sixth time in two weeks, workers at a Toronto hotel went on strike today to draw attention to the poor treatment they are receiving from global hotel owners Westmont. Twenty-five workers at the Holiday Inn Express Downtown on Lombard Street walked off the job for the first time ever. "Westmont has told […]
Press Releases October 11, 2011
WHAT: Telephone Press Conference by leaders of national civil rights organizations, consumer advocates and labor unions that are calling on TransUnion to stop its sale of credit reports to employers WHERE: Conference Call: please contact Nat Lippert ([email protected] or 415-307-1231) for call-in information WHEN: Tuesday, October 11, 2011; 3:00pm EDT/ 2:00pm CT / 12:00pm PDT WHO: […]
Press Releases July 12, 2012
WASHINGTON, Jul 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — On Thursday, July 12, military veterans and their supporters will call on the U.S. Marines Corps to refrain from using taxpayer money to sponsor the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). They will deliver 5,000 petitions to Marine Corps recruiting stations in seven cities, including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, […]
Press Releases November 21, 2014
[Las Vegas, NV] Today President Obama will share his immigration action plans with the world in Las Vegas, joined by hundreds of supporters, including members of Nevada’s biggest organization representing immigrants—UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. Thousands of the union’s members and their families will benefit from the action, fulfilling a hope for change […]
Press Releases June 10, 2015
Washington, D.C.–Members of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee are expected to vote today on S. 248 that, if enacted, will strip thousands of American workers from rights and protections under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when working on tribal lands. S. 248 would exempt all businesses owned and operated by Indian nations of the […]
Press Releases August 17, 2015
Las Vegas, NV – “Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again,’” said Geoconda Arguello-Kline, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union. “Mr. Trump should start right here in Las Vegas with workers at his hotel. Many of them are immigrants who work hard to provide for their families. They deserve equal treatment and should […]
Press Releases August 25, 2015
“The EB-5 regional center program is fundamentally unfair. Immigration laws should benefit all—not just the 1%, “said Maria Elena Durazo, vice president for civil rights, diversity, and immigration with UNITE HERE.