Press Releases December 20, 2018
MIAMI – This month, airline catering workers in over 20 cities are participating in a variety of demonstrations to send a message to the airline industry that they are fed up with poverty wages and premiums that make healthcare inaccessible. The series of actions marks the official relaunch of the “FED UP” movement that began […]
Press Releases April 13, 2023
Washington, DC – Today hundreds of Compass food workers picketed their employer at the cafeteria they operate at the World Bank, calling for new union contracts for Compass workers who serve the international financial institution. Photos and video available here. UNITE HERE Local 23 recently released the results of a survey of 76% (108 out […]
Posts June 20, 2011
(Chicago, IL)–After 20 months of negotiations, housekeepers, dishwashers, bellmen and other hotel workers are going on a one-day strike at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, the largest Hyatt property in the world. Hyatt, a company run by billionaires, wants to outsource work and impose dangerous working conditions on housekeepers. Workers also say they want to be […]
Press Releases March 14, 2024
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 2:30 – 4 pm WHO: Flagship dishwashers, receivers, hosts, servers, and cooks; other members of hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 19, including contracted cafeteria workers from Google; and supporters. WHAT: A picket of the Flagship-operated cafeteria at Meta Menlo Park. Workers will be wearing red t-shirts and holding […]
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 […]
Posts September 25, 2012
Last week our community partners in Arizona, Central Arizonans for a Sustainable Economy and Promise Arizona, marked 20,000 new voter registrations in their Adios Arpaio campaign. A delegation of teenage volunteers delivered moving boxes to the office of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the notorious top law enforcement officer of Maricopa County. Click here for television coverage, […]
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 June 5, 2019
NEW YORK – Airline food workers in 21 cities across the country will vote in the next two weeks whether to strike if and when released by the National Mediation Board. The workers prepare, pack, and deliver food and drink served on American Airline, Delta, and United flights. They are members of UNITE HERE and […]
Press Releases November 4, 2015
[New York, NY] This week, hotel housekeepers affiliated with UNITE HERE, a union representing 270,000 workers across the U.S. and Canada, will be holding protests in more than 20 cities across North America, spotlighting safety concerns and poor wages faced by many women who clean hotel rooms. These actions are being held in conjunction with […]