Press Releases December 19, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2008—In the final weeks of Republican control of Washington, the Bush Administration’s OSHA has entered into a nearly toothless settlement agreement with Cintas over lethal violations in its laundries. The agreement attempts to resolve six OSHA cases relating to citations against Cintas for safety hazards at laundry facilities across the country, including […]
Press Releases June 29, 2009
Chicago – Today, UNITE HERE opened its constitutional convention with an outpouring of support from the labor movement. The opening of the union’s convention included remarks from AFSCME President Gerald McEntee and the unveiling of a solidarity pledge signed by 15 presidents of major national unions, representing over 10 million members. The statement pledges "material […]
Press Releases July 16, 2009
New York – SEIU VP Bruce Raynor may need to find a new legal team after today’s hearing before Judge George Daniels in the Federal District Court of Manhattan. Tom Kennedy, Raynor’s chief legal architect behind the secession plan, was actually billing UNITE HERE for his work, while advising Raynor and SEIU how to secede […]
Press Releases July 20, 2009
WHAT: Contract signing ceremony at the new InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Hotel. Workers, business & community leaders celebrate labor-management partnership. WHEN: Thursday, July 23, 2009 TIME: 10:00AM WHERE: InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, 5300 River Road, Rosemont, IL WHO: Members of UNITE HERE Local 450 – Workers at InterContinental Chicago O’Hare Bill Biggerstaff, […]
Press Releases August 7, 2009
Contract includes Employee Bill of Rights for Respect UNITE HERE members employed by Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services (DNC-THS), the airport division of Delaware North, ratified by an overwhelming 98% margin a new collective bargaining agreement today. This is a remarkable victory with a company that up until recently had been collaborating with SEIU […]
Press Releases August 25, 2009
New York – Yesterday, a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board dismissed a representation petition filed by Workers United/SEIU requesting an election to replace UNITE HERE as the bargaining representative for 2,100 employees of Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services (DNC-THS), the airport division of Delaware North. This is a victory for Delaware […]
Press Releases October 22, 2009
San Francisco hotel workers voted overwhelmingly today to authorize strikes against 31 of the city’s upscale hotels. Over 3,000 workers cast ballots, with 92.3% approving the measure. The union’s 125-member bargaining committee now has the authority to call actions up to and including strikes if necessary. Workers will remain on the job unless and until […]
Press Releases October 29, 2009
Chicago, Ill. — Yesterday, workers at five area hotels, including the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Westin Michigan Avenue, W Lakeshore, W Chicago-City Center, and Tremont Hotel, voted to authorize a strike by an 89% majority, in a major escalation of a citywide labor dispute among Chicago’s downtown hotels. The vote authorizes the rank-and-file bargaining […]
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 January 26, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Workers from the Wilshire Hotel are on strike today, after hotel owner Leo Lee slashed workers’ wages and benefits. For example, Lee cut wages of workers earning about $10 an hour to the state’s minimum wage of $8 an hour, while others earning about $13.70 were cut to about $10 an hour. […]