Posts January 19, 2017
BOSTON, MA—UNITE HERE Local 26 members who work in food service at Northeastern University announced today they will hold a 1-day strike starting at 12:00 noon on Friday, January 20. Workers will walk off the job to march with students to rallies in Boston during President-Elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration. The strike is inspired by the […]
Press Releases August 31, 2009
HONOLULU – A week after more than 1,000 Local 5 health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Kaiser’s Honolulu and Wailuku Clinics, the hotel and healthcare workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 5 has launched a website, www.Local5Deliver.org, as part of their 2009 statewide contract campaign. Local 5’s new website features an online […]
Press Releases January 23, 2009
LOS ANGELES—The California Court of Appeal removed restrictions limiting coverage under the city’s Living Wage Ordinance in a landmark decision this week. A panel of the Court unanimously issued a decision invalidating a regulation requiring that employees spend 20 hours per month on contracted work with the city to be covered. This week’s decision strengthens […]
Press Releases April 18, 2016
LAS VEGAS–UNITE HERE invites prospective investors to review its critical analysis of the second-class IPO by Red Rock Resorts, Inc. (proposed NASDAQ ticker: RRR) at: www.RRRIPOdissected.org. Investors who buy Red Rock’s second-class shares on offer will gain a minority (33%) stake in the once-bankrupt Las Vegas casino and tavern operator, Station Casinos. “It is alarming […]
Press Releases May 30, 2023
NATIONWIDE—In a major success story that has raised wages and improved working conditions for essential campus workers across the country, over 1,900 campus dining workers at 20 colleges and universities organized with UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, between August 2022 and May 2023. Dining services workers cook and serve on-campus meals to students, faculty, […]
Posts March 20, 2013
Workers Plan First Civil Disobedience on Las Vegas Blvd. in over 20 years Las Vegas, NV – Workers at the Cosmopolitan Casino have been in contract negotiations with owner, Deutsche Bank, for over two years. The parties have not come to an agreement on major issues that are central to contracts at other major casinos […]
Posts July 10, 2007
Today teen apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters launched its back-to-school clothing line at stores across North America. At the same time, UNITE HERE and student groups announced they would step up the “American Vulture” campaign, which calls for a boycott of the company until it enforces its Code of Conduct and prevents worker intimidation at […]
Press Releases October 31, 2016
Hospitality Union Seeks to Elect First Latina Senator, Stop Healthcare Taxes Las Vegas, NV –The largest political operation in the battleground state of Nevada will double in size today as over 150 UNITE HERE members from across the country join canvassing teams from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Clark and Washoe counties. The […]
Posts September 30, 2014
Reposted from ObamacareFixit.org This post by UNITE HERE President D. Taylor was published at Politico Magazine’s “The Agenda,” in a piece titled: Obamacare 2.0: The Affordable Care Act survived Year One. Fifteen health-care thinkers tell us how to fix—or reimagine—it for the long haul: One year later, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange marketplace has greatly reduced the […]
Press Releases September 13, 2022
Hollywood, FL—A strike was narrowly prevented last night when UNITE HERE Local 355 and the Diplomat Beach Resort reached an agreement for a new contract a few minutes before midnight. After the bargaining agreement between the Diplomat Beach Resort and UNITE HERE Local 355 had expired, workers voted by 99% to authorize a strike—demanding $20 […]