Press Releases March 31, 2023
Union members voted by 97% to ratify the contract. Under this agreement, every current theme park worker in the union will receive a raise between $5.50 and $8.60 by the end of the contract, with the first $3 in raises arriving this year.
Press Releases September 30, 2004
New York, NY— The 117 food service workers employed by Sodexho Inc. at Merrill Lynch facilities in Manhattan achieved union recognition this week via the card-check process. More than 100 of the workers signed union authorization cards following a 10 month organizing campaign. Under the card-check method, workers sign cards indicating their support for the […]
Press Releases September 8, 2022
New York, NY – Food service workers picketed outside the Sodexo cafeteria located in the Federal Reserve building today, saying their wages are not remotely keeping up with inflation. Sodexo cafeteria workers who feed and serve the Federal Reserve have an expired contract and are fighting for a new one with raises that are enough […]
Press Releases June 23, 2023
Brooklyn, NY — Levy food service workers who feed Barclays Center rallied nearby to set a strike authorization vote for July 17. Levy workers at the Brooklyn arena, represented by hospitality workers union UNITE HERE Local 100, have been in negotiations for a new union contract and demand raises and healthcare from their employer. Photos […]
Press Releases February 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Disney hotel workers pleading with Academy members to "vote their conscience" this awards season, released a new video Wednesday offering a sobering glimpse at a day-in-the-life of a Disneyland dishwasher. The video features Blandina Rios, a 10-year dishwasher in Goofy’s Kitchen and a single mother of a child with Down’s syndrome. After […]
Pages August 30, 2019
See the trailer: https://www.pbs.org/video/arf-councilwoman-trailer/ Premiere Broadcast September 3, 2019 @ 8/7c America ReFramed on WORLD Channel Streaming Available 9/3–10/3/2019 https://worldchannel.org/episode/arf-councilwoman/ Too few politicians are union members, grandmothers, and immigrants. But one politician is all three: Councilwoman Carmen Castillo. Carmen Castillo is a UNITE HERE union housekeeper and city councilwoman in Providence, Rhode Island and “Councilwoman” is […]
Press Releases March 11, 2005
Press Conference at Madison Square Garden, Friday, March 11, 12 noon WHAT: Madison Square Garden workers speak out about Cablevision’s cutoff of their health insurance and other problems at MSG. Launch website www.FightattheGarden.info to publicize their fight vs. Cablevision. WHEN: Friday March 11, 12 noon WHERE: 7th Ave. and 31st St. in front of Madison […]
Posts January 27, 2011
Workers from the Wilshire Hotel struck for one day on January 26, after hotel owner Leo Lee slashed workers’ wages and benefits. For example, Lee cut wages of workers earning about $10 an hour to the state’s minimum wage of $8 an hour, while others earning about $13.70 were cut to about $10 an hour. […]
Press Releases January 26, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Workers from the Wilshire Hotel are on strike today, after hotel owner Leo Lee slashed workers’ wages and benefits. For example, Lee cut wages of workers earning about $10 an hour to the state’s minimum wage of $8 an hour, while others earning about $13.70 were cut to about $10 an hour. […]
Posts June 7, 2017
At UNITE HERE, we’re proud every day of our LGBTQ sisters and brothers who make up and lead our union, and we’re proud to continue our work as the premier labor union fighting for and winning civil and LGBTQ rights for our workers. It’s with pride that UNITE HERE has been a pioneer in securing […]