Press Releases November 21, 2014
[Las Vegas, NV] Today President Obama will share his immigration action plans with the world in Las Vegas, joined by hundreds of supporters, including members of Nevada’s biggest organization representing immigrants—UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Union, Local 226. Thousands of the union’s members and their families will benefit from the action, fulfilling a hope for change […]
Posts February 21, 2013
After 3-Year "David and Goliath" Struggle, Country Club Workers Win Secure Jobs, Family Health Care PLEASANTON, CA – After a dogged three-year battle – including an illegal lockout that lasted longer than the siege of Leningrad – food service workers at Castlewood Country Club won a great contract that provides job security, affordable family health […]
Press Releases February 21, 2013
PLEASANTON, CA – After a dogged three-year battle – including an illegal lockout that lasted longer than the siege of Leningrad – food service workers at Castlewood Country Club won a great contract that provides job security, affordable family health insurance, raises, and a signing bonus. On February 13, the workers – members of UNITE […]
Posts 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 November 20, 2014
Housekeepers at the Harvard-owned Doubletree by Hilton Boston-Cambridge in Allston are on strike today. It is the first strike of housekeepers in Boston’s history.
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 December 22, 2015
Last week, Congress reauthorized the controversial EB-5 Regional Center Program as part of its massive 2016 spending bill. In the months leading up to reauthorization, the program—through which wealthy foreign citizens can secure US green cards in exchange for investing $500,000 each in businesses that create 10 direct, indirect, or induced jobs in designated “high […]
Posts June 20, 2012
Atlantic City, NJ-UNITE HERE Local 54 has filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board in Philadelphia over Tropicana’s illegal suspension of 21 workers who engaged a peaceful first amendment protest which included a civil disobedience action. In a letter to the NLRB accompanying the charges, Local 54’s attorney wrote, "Tropicana, however, chose to use […]
Posts June 8, 2012
Fighting back against abuses by non-union casinos, Local 54 has launched a campaign to enact ordinances to improve living and working conditions for thousands of non-union employees in Atlantic City. The effort focuses on actions like those taken at the non-union Revel Casino, which requires that employees re-apply for their jobs after four to six […]
Press Releases August 31, 2010
Chicago, IL – At 10:45am this morning, nearly 200 hotel workers at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, managed by Starwood Hotels, walked off the job in protest of layoffs and chronic understaffing that have persisted for months despite a big boost in travel business and rising Starwood profits. Hundreds of housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, bellmen […]