Press Releases April 28, 2017
Atlantic City, NJ — UNITE HERE, a union representing more than 275,000 working men and women in the hospitality industry, including 20,000 members in New Jersey, launched a new ad campaign against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). MacArthur is singled out for his particularly hypocritical role in pushing to pass the latest Trump-GOP healthcare bill. The […]
Press Releases September 12, 2017
Toronto, ON – September 12, 2017. This afternoon, hundreds of union and non-union hospitality workers held a march and street theatre-style “red carpet” action in front of the Soho House Toronto, a TIFF hotspot, drawing attention to the urgent need for employment and labour law reform in the province. Workers paraded on a red carpet […]
Press Releases September 21, 2017
Las Vegas – Today, the Culinary Union filed another round of unfair labor practice charges against the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The Las Vegas-based casino is owned by Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc. These charges come just 12 days after the Las Vegas casino worker’s union […]
Press Releases November 10, 2017
LAS VEGAS, NV – Workers at Green Valley Ranch, a luxury casino resort owned and operated by Station Casinos, voted to unionize on November 8 and 9. Green Valley Ranch is the fourth Station Casinos-operated property to unionize since 2015. Workers at a Station Casinos-managed tribal casino in California ratified a first union contract in […]
Press Releases December 7, 2017
(Toronto)—Tonight, the Fairbnb.ca Coalition is celebrating after Toronto City Council voted 40-3 to pass the City’s first short-term rental by-law. The victory comes just weeks after Fairbnb worked with local activists to back a similar by-law in Vancouver. The overwhelming vote in Toronto came after several amendments designed to toughen the rules were first adopted by tighter […]
Press Releases January 19, 2018
OAKLAND, Calif.—The state’s workplace health and safety watchdog voted 5–0 Thursday to create new rules to reduce the injuries hotel housekeepers commonly experience. Cal/OSHA’s Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board approved New Section 3345, Hotel Housekeeping Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention, at a meeting attended by hotel housekeepers from across the state. The move is part of […]
Press Releases February 11, 2020
Las Vegas, NV – Statement by D.Taylor, International President of UNITE HERE, a union that represents more than 300,000 workers and their families and is the fastest growing private sector labor union in America. “A strong bipartisan bill already exists in Congress based on the work of Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty […]
Press Releases April 24, 2020
NEW YORK—D. Taylor, the International President of UNITE HERE, the hospitality union with over 95% of its members unemployed as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, praised House Democrats for introducing the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act that would cover the full cost of health insurance premiums for laid-off or furloughed workers. “We are […]
Press Releases October 12, 2020
PHILADELPHIA— Over 100 UNITE HERE canvassers hit the doors today in Philadelphia, following a socially-distanced rally at Fairhill Square park. The canvassers, many of them out-of-work hospitality workers, are on the ground for the final weeks of the campaign to mobilize Black and Brown voters in North, West and Southwest Philadelphia. “Here in the poorest […]
Press Releases September 13, 2022
Washington, D.C. — Sodexo workers rallied near the House of Representatives building today, educating the politicians they serve and the DC community about the financial struggles and unequal treatment they face as federal subcontracted food service workers. Workers at the nation’s largest federal food service contractor Sodexo report their wages aren’t matching the massive increase […]