Press Releases July 28, 2011
July 28, 2011, in several cities nationwide, HEI workers and students from universities which invest endowment monies in HEI are protesting the mistreatment of workers by HEI Hotels, the 7th largest hotel management company in the U.S. Protests are focusing on the company’s pattern of punishing actions against "whistle-blowers"–workers who speak up about their working […]
Press Releases September 8, 2011
San Francisco–700 San Francisco Grand Hyatt and Hyatt Regency workers are joining thousands of Hyatt workers nationwide in launching week-long strikes today. Hyatt has singled itself out as the worst employer in the hotel industry. Hyatt has abused its housekeepers, replacing career housekeepers with minimum wage temporary workers and imposing dangerous workloads on those housekeepers […]
Press Releases October 10, 2011
LOS ANGELES–Former Hotel Bel-Air employees fighting for their jobs back are planning a major march on Hotel Bel-Air’s opening day, workers and clergy announced today, Oct. 10, at a press conference outside the hotel. The Hotel Bel-Air will re-open on Oct. 14 after a multi-million dollar renovation. Organizers are asking protest participants to meet at […]
Press Releases December 5, 2011
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – December 5, 2011 – Disneyland Resort and UNITE HERE Local 11, the union representing 2,100 workers at the Resort’s three hotels, announced today that they have concluded negotiations on a mutually-agreeable, five-year collective bargaining agreement. The contract will be effective once voted upon and ratified by the Local 11 members at the […]
Press Releases January 9, 2012
Indianapolis, IN – Hotel workers in Indianapolis filed a lawsuit in federal court today against Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS) and ten major hotels for alleged wage and hour violations. This landmark lawsuit is the broadest wage and hour case in the history of the Indianapolis hotel industry. If the lawsuit is certified as a collective […]
Press Releases February 29, 2012
At an ad-hoc hearing this morning on O’Hare and Midway Airport concession deals and the proposed Stable Jobs Stable Airports Ordinance called by Chicago Alderman Jason C Ervin (28th Ward), Chicago Aldermen heard from airport concession employees concerned they may be tossed out as the City of Chicago hands out lucrative contracts covering most of […]
Press Releases June 4, 2012
San Jose, CA–About 250 workers at the Doubletree San Jose walked off the job early this morning, the first strike at a Silicon Valley hotel since the region’s hotel industry began its rapid expansion in the 1980s. Workers are confronting company efforts to impose long-term wage freezes and underfund health care, even while the hotel’s […]
Press Releases August 24, 2012
(San Jose, CA) – Doubletree Hotel workers and their community allies rally today in San Jose demonstrating against their major hotel corporation’s refusal to settle a fair contract. They will be joined by Cindy Chavez, head of the South Bay Central Labor Council, and religious leaders. The demonstration launches a consumer boycott of the Doubletree […]
Press Releases 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 […]
Press Releases May 1, 2013
Claremont – Pomona College Dining Hall workers voted in favor of joining UNITE HERE Local 11 on Tuesday. A group of workers, joined by student and faculty allies, erupted in emotional applause as the results were read. The victory closes a long chapter in the workers’ struggle to gain union representation, which publicly began when […]