Press Releases April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, April 23 – The U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing today on workplace safety seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. Members of the subcommittee named Cintas as a prime example of the need for stronger OSHA enforcement. The hearing was prompted by the death last year of Eleazar […]
Press Releases October 14, 2008
MASON, Ohio, October 14, 2008—Cintas workers from across the country rallied with hundreds of local supporters outside of the company’s annual shareholder meeting today to call for an end to unsafe working conditions at the uniform supplier’s industrial laundries. According to recent citations issued by state and federal safety regulators, Cintas workers still face dangers […]
Press Releases March 10, 2009
NEW YORK, NY—In an excoriating decision against Cintas, Judge William H. Pauley of the Southern District of New York Court dismissed all claims—federal and state—of Cintas’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) lawsuit against UNITE HERE, the International Brotherhood of the Teamsters, and the Change to Win coalition. Calling the company’s complaint “sprawling” and “larded,” […]
Press Releases November 18, 2009
Hundreds to march through downtown to protect affordable Healthcare Morgan Stanley-owned hotel’s attack on worker health sparks outrage What: "Oakland Workers Rising" – March to protect healthcare for working families Where: Rally in front of the Oakland Downtown Marriott, 1001 Broadway, kicks off march at 4.30pm. The march will move to Frank Ogawa Plaza where […]
Press Releases February 4, 2010
Anaheim, CA – Disneyland Hotel Workers announced Thursday that they plan to engage in a water-only fast starting on Feb. 9, 2010. Workers say they are fasting for health and safety at work. While more than 2,000 hotel workers have been without the protection of a contract, workload and managerial pressure has increased and staffing […]
Press Releases May 5, 2010
TORONTO– Guests at Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, the Delta Chelsea and Delta East hotels are unwittingly participating in purported ‘green’ programs that deliver negligible environmental benefits and are instead aimed at significantly reducing the number of room attendants employed at the hotels each day. Hotel workers, along with unions who do business with the hotels, […]
Press Releases April 20, 2011
Los Angeles, CA – More than 140 campus dining workers at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 11. Campus dining workers at LMU, the largest Catholic university on the West Coast, are employees of the multinational food service company Sodexo. After a hard-fought campaign, the campus dining […]
Press Releases June 3, 2011
Las Vegas, NV–Fired Latino workers from Station Casinos led members of the Culinary and Bartenders unions in the city’s largest civil disobedience in over a decade to protest the company’s treatment and firing of Latino workers yesterday evening. The large protest came as Station Casinos completes the final stages of its bankruptcy restructuring. Over 1000 […]
Press Releases July 7, 2011
As the LGBT community gathers for Pride celebrations and marches throughout the summer, UNITE HERE union members are participating in greater numbers than ever before, signifying the growing coalition between the labor and LGBT movements. UNITE HERE, which represents over 250,000 workers in the gaming, food service and hospitality industries, has participated in 27 Pride […]
Press Releases September 1, 2011
Dozens of Manhattan College dining hall workers will rally across the street from the entrance to the college’s Bronx campus on Thursday afternoon to protest actions of the school’s new dining hall operator, Gourmet Dining, which has failed to rehire about 65 of the workers who previously staffed Manhattan College’s dining hall since taking over […]