Posts May 13, 2013
Concessions workers at the San Francisco Giants’ AT&T Park Saturday to authorize a strike. 516 workers voted, approving a strike by 97%. The vote authorizes union leadership to call for any action including up to a five-day strike and a boycott of food and beverage at the park. “We sent a clear message today to […]
Posts May 25, 2013
750 Centerplate workers stop work at home of San Francisco Giants after three years of wage freezes [San Francisco, CA] 750 workers began a one-day strike May 25th against Centerplate, the San Francisco Giants’ food and beverage subcontractor. The strike is a significant escalation in the workers’ campaign to achieve a new contract with wage […]
Posts May 30, 2013
Hotel workers across BC have voted “Yes” to authorize strikes. Room Attendants, Cooks, Servers, Front Desk and other hotel staff have been without a contract for over a year and have authorized possible job actions. Despite months of negotiations, hotel workers have yet to see real progress at the bargaining table. Employers have not addressed […]
Posts June 3, 2013
The Cortos Y Fuertes / Short & Strong student film competition, sponsored by the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and UNITE HERE, a union representing hotel, hospitality, and food service workers, will announce its Call for Entries for short films created by students about the immigrants in their lives. Students are encouraged to submit […]
Posts June 17, 2013
Fasters encamp on steps of Governor’s Philadelphia office; call for Commonwealth and City act. A group of Philadelphia public school parents and lunchroom staff today launched a fast for safe schools. The elimination of more than 1,200 student safety staff from schools across the district, including those on the federal “persistently dangerous” schools list, places […]
Posts July 1, 2013
Every day for two weeks, parents and school staff have fasted and rallied on the steps of Governor Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia office, calling for funding that would allow the city’s school district to restore student safety staff to its lunchrooms, hallways and schoolyards. On July 1, on the heels of a newly approved Pennsylvania budget […]
Posts August 17, 2013
Workers strike to end second-class wages, benefits, heavy workloads Sheraton Vancouver Airport workers held a one-day strike on Saturday, August 17, to protest fourteen months of management delays and stalled negotiations. This is the first strike by hotel workers in the Vancouver area in 13 years. Sheraton workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 40, are […]
Posts September 16, 2013
Campus food service workers and their student, faculty, and community allies continue to build a movement for real food, real jobs, & thriving communities in Cambridge and Boston! In just 18 months, 650 dining hall workers at Harvard Law School, Northeastern University, Lesley University, the Episcopal Divinity School, and Simmons College have voted to join […]
Posts October 24, 2013
On Valentine’s Day, the Illinois Senate, with Governor Pat Quinn’s support, approved Senate Bill 11–the “Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act.” However, the bill never passed the Illinois House of Representatives. Now, Illinois residents and UNITE HERE members are taking action. On October 22, thousands across the state traveled to the state capital to march […]
Posts March 26, 2014
Statement from D. Taylor, President of UNITE HERE International Union Nine months have come and gone since the U. S. Senate passed historic immigration reform legislation with a large bipartisan majority. Since that time the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has sat on its hands except to cast one immigration-related vote: to eliminate funding for the […]