Press Releases November 6, 2017
New York, NY – The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for recipients born in Nicaragua by the Department of Homeland Security, and the non-commitment to protect Honduran TPS beyond July 2018, is an inhumane and immoral decision that could have devastating impacts on hundreds of thousands of families and the U.S. economy. UNITE HERE […]
Press Releases August 25, 2017
LOS ANGELES – Everyday, over 500 workers at the LSG Sky Chefs airline catering kitchen at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) cater flights departing for all over the world. But while a first-class ticket for a Sky Chefs catered flight on Korean Air from LAX to Seoul might cost $8,537, workers who prepare the food […]
Press Releases July 17, 2015
(Atlantic City, NJ) In the first strike authorization vote in Atlantic City in more than a decade, Local 54 members at the Taj Mahal voted by 80% to allow the Taj negotiating committee to call a strike. “Carl Icahn may have thought that workers in Atlantic City would turn a blind eye to his abusing […]
Press Releases September 4, 2007
Las Vegas –The Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Bartenders Union Local 165 and their international parent union, UNITE HERE, announced today that through a combination of the local and international strike funds and a line of credit, they will have more than $80 million available to support the potential strike of more than 13,000 casino […]
Press Releases April 14, 2005
Cincinnati, OH – Cintas Corporation (CTAS) disclosed that the company is now the subject of additional Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigations with the agency’s filing of two new charges. The first charge alleged Cintas failed to hire and assign females to certain production positions, and the second charge alleged Cintas failed to hire and […]
Press Releases March 8, 2005
The six Unions that make up the Service Trades Council Union (STCU) at Walt Disney World today called on Disney to implement a Free Generic Pharmacy and take other steps to guarantee affordable healthcare for all STCU-represented Disney workers. “We proposed during the 2004 contract negotiations that Disney implement a Free Generic Pharmacy, which would […]
Press Releases February 3, 2005
San Francisco — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed papers in federal court Tuesday supporting a discrimination lawsuit against Cintas Corp. Cincinnati-based Cintas is the country’s largest provider of work uniforms. “After a review of the available evidence, EEOC has determined that there is sufficient and reasonable basis to believe that Cintas discriminates against […]