Press Releases September 14, 2007
September 12– As classes resume, students at more than twenty campuses across North America are participating in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. The back-to-school boycott was called by student groups and the union UNITE HERE to protest workers’ rights abuses at American […]
Press Releases July 15, 2014
[San Francisco] Centerplate, the company that provides hospitality services for the San Francisco Giants, and UNITE HERE Local 2, the union representing 800 food and beverage workers at AT&T Park, have reached a contract agreement that ends labor negotiations at the ballpark. The agreement provides for wage increases, health care and improved pension benefits, and […]
Press Releases March 3, 2016
Today employees from Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas, who recently won a union election, are heading to Trump’s headquarters in Manhattan to speak to the famed negotiator and deliver a demand to negotiate a first contract.
Press Releases February 20, 2007
MONTREAL, CANADA, Feb. 20, 2007 — On Valentine’s Day, Canadian garment workers rallied outside the headquarters of Montreal-based real estate giant, the RosDev Group, in support of New Jersey hotel workers. The demonstrators, who are members of the Quebec Council of UNITE HERE, came out to support workers at the Crowne Plaza Secaucus Meadowlands hotel. […]
Press Releases November 8, 2017
Richmond, VA – Despite the Pharmaceutical industry working with the Republican Attorney General’s Association, or RAGA, to buy the Virginia Attorney General’s seat, the will of voters has again thwarted Big Pharma with John Adams’ defeat. “Big Pharma poured $1,789,755 in to RAGA this cycle, and even after they spent a quarter million of that […]
Press Releases March 30, 2020
An audio recording of the telepress conference can be streamed below, or click here to download a copy of the audio. Today, leadership from across UNITE HERE Canada discussed the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers nationwide in industries as diverse as airlines, hotels, remote camps, and food service. With mortgages, utilities […]
Pages January 6, 2022
UNITE HERE is a labour union that represents over 300,000 members working in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries in North America. UNITE HERE represents over 18,000 hotel and hospitality workers across six locals in Canada. Our membership is diverse. We are predominantly women and people of colour, […]
Posts April 18, 2013
(Courtesy of the New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, AFL-CIO) President of the Hotel Trades Council and Business Manager of UNITE HERE Local 6 Peter Ward joined esteemed Irish Consul General Noel Kilkenny as a speaker at the March 27th St. Patricks Day Celebration banquet, hosted by NYC Department of Records and O’Dwyer & […]
Posts September 26, 2007
As classes resumed this month, students at more than twenty campuses across North America participated in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. College students from Ottawa to Miami and San Antonio to Montreal are supporting the back-to-school boycott protesting workers’ rights abuses at […]
Press Releases September 18, 2018
Beginning Tuesday, about 2,700 workers in United Airlines’ five airline catering kitchens will finally have their opportunity to vote in a union election. The election is scheduled between September 18 and October 23, with voting to take place either online or via telephone. “Today is an important day in our union—the day that workers in […]