Posts March 18, 2014
Earlier in March, 60 food service workers employed by Compass Group at Worcester State University in Worcester, MA, won their first contract, capping off a 9-month organizing campaign with the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE. They join the ranks of nearly 1,100 other NEJB members in the city of Worcester who are employed […]
Posts May 18, 2006
This week, a new campaign developed in coordination with the gay and lesbian community was released to support hotel workers across North America in their effort to achieve the American Dream for themselves and their families. According to recent statistics, the American gay and lesbian population represents close to a $60 billion travel market, patronizing […]
Posts November 30, 2017
The Trump administration has determined that the temporary protection status issued to Haitians living in the United States after an earthquake in 2010, is no longer needed. Almost 60,000 Haitians living in the US now have until July 22, 2019 to go home, or change their visa status. Haitian activists say that conditions in Haiti […]
Posts March 10, 2014
Drawing inspiration from the demand of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey that airlines bring wages for contract workers up to $10.10 per hour, workers around the country jumped into the fray! In early March, airline catering professionals at airports across the country delivered letters to the corporate offices of American, Delta, […]
Posts July 10, 2012
SEATTLE – Amidst news of the impending sale of the Hilton Seattle Hotel, the R.C. Hedreen Company – the hotel’s current owner – agreed to the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday with UNITE HERE Local 8, the union representing nearly 100 workers at the hotel. This agreement includes a guarantee that workers […]
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 […]
Pages May 22, 2014
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Press Releases February 15, 2018
NEW YORK – Dozens of airline catering workers from Newark, LaGuardia and JFK airports rallied today at the Port Authority Board meeting to call on the Port to raise wages for all airport workers. Their demand was echoed in a letter signed by over 60 New York and New Jersey State & City lawmakers. While […]
Press Releases April 11, 2011
Baltimore, MD–More than 60 campus dining workers at Stevenson University have won union representation, choosing to join UNITE HERE Local 7. Campus dining workers at the Maryland liberal arts university are employees of the multinational food service company Sodexo. The campus dining workers at Stevenson won union representation with UNITE HERE Local 7 on Friday, […]
Press Releases November 16, 2021
Workers at HelloFresh have alerted government agencies and are calling for investigations of higher-than-average injury rates at America’s #1 meal kit company’s Richmond CA and Aurora CO factories. As online food ordering exploded during COVID, HelloFresh doubled its U.S. revenues in 2020 – but the workers who prep, assemble, and ship these meal kits say […]