Posts August 20, 2012
In an August 17 decision, Administrative Law Judge Clifford Anderson of the National Labor Relations Board found that Castlewood Country Club has maintained an illegal lockout since August 10, 2010. He recommended that the NLRB order Castlewood to reinstate the locked-out workers and pay them two years of back wages and benefits. "We’ve been saying […]
Posts September 22, 2005
San Francisco, CA– The city’s Argent Hotel has expressed its willingness to support a short-term contract expiring in 2006. The Argent now joins the Palace and the Westin St. Francis in demonstrating interest in signing a contract ending in 2006. UNITE HERE Local 2 has lifted the boycott of the Westin St. Francis. However, the […]
Press Releases November 18, 2015
[Chicago, IL] One year ago, President Obama reiterated his immigration enforcement priorities and announced an Executive Order that would have provided deportation relief for nearly five million undocumented workers in the U.S. By contrast, workers at Ruprecht Company, a meatpacking plant in Mundelein, IL, have faced arrests or firings after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) […]
Posts February 15, 2007
Among the more than 100 attendees at the Feb. 15 were immigrant rights leaders, members of the LGBT and faith communities, and workers from other Washington State hotels and restaurants. The Seattle Westin Hotel employs about 500 workers. For the past eight months, workers and community members have worked tirelessly to make hotel jobs good, […]
Posts October 19, 2009
Hyatt housekeepers have launched a seven-city national tour to bring awareness to the mistreatment of women working at Hyatt Hotels and the hotel industry more broadly. The symbol of the Hope for Housekeepers tour is the Hope Quilt, which has been crafted by housekeepers from across the country. As the tour has progressed from city […]
Posts September 17, 2010
Hotel workers at the Toronto Hilton (145 Richmond St. West) and the Hilton Toronto Airport (5875 Airport Rd) have staged a one-day walkout to protest cutbacks at the two hotels, owned by Westmont affiliates. “They tell guests that all the food is fresh and wild, but more and more food is coming pre-prepared,” said Joe […]
Posts September 28, 2012
On February 25, 2010, Castlewood Country Club workers were locked out. On October 16, 2012 – two years, seven months, and 21 days later – they will return to work. We want to thank everyone who stood by the workers throughout a long, hard campaign – who marched across Pleasanton, brought Mother’s Day flowers for […]
Posts September 29, 2005
The week of September 5th, Local 5 members at Hilton, Starwood, Marriott and Hyatt hotels in Hawaii used life-size body charts and "OUCH" stickers to demonstrate where their bodies hurt from the hard work they do every day. In cafeterias and locker rooms, it was revealed that housekeepers have many aching body parts, especially their […]
Posts March 26, 2007
Nearly 500 people gathered to watch as UNITE HERE, the New York City Fire Department, city officials, workers and school children commemorated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The fire claimed the lives of 146 immigrant garment workers, mostly young women. Among those officials who joined UNITE HERE General President Bruce Raynor in marking […]
Posts November 2, 2009
After months of working with no contract and facing the prospect of losing the free family health benefits that they’d been receiving for years, the cafeteria workers at Hunter College finally won a collective bargaining agreement from AVI Foodsystems. This contract — ratified unanimously on October 27 — includes free family health benefits, a significant […]
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