Press Releases June 2, 2015
EAST CHICAGO, IN – The union for workers in gaming, hotels, and food service industries, UNITE HERE, has launched a new website intended as a resource for customers of Northwest Indiana casinos who need to know whether labor disputes could affect their plans in the area. The website, www.indianagamingalert.org, will be regularly updated with information […]
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 […]
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 […]
Press Releases December 3, 2007
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 – The labor union UNITE HERE launched a multi-state campaign today to encourage consumers not to deposit their savings at Countrywide Financial Corporation’s banks and financial centers. Consumers can find comprehensive information on the unfolding national mortgage crisis and Countrywide’s continuing role in it at www.dontdepositatcountrywide.info. UNITE HERE represents over 450,000 […]
Press Releases June 12, 2007
NEW YORK, June 12 — U.S. and Canadian university students joined apparel and service workers today to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. Today’s rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in midtown Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase […]
Press Releases September 14, 2007
September 12– As classes resume, students at more than twenty campuses across North America are participating in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. The back-to-school boycott was called by student groups and the union UNITE HERE to protest workers’ rights abuses at American […]
Press Releases June 30, 2011
Rabbis and other faith leaders have released a report today, pledging to treat a number of Hyatt Hotels as "not kosher." Open the Gates of Justice: A Clergy Report on Working Conditions at Hyatt Hotels describes a range of practice by Hyatt that clergy found "contrary to the religious traditions we uphold." This report is […]
Press Releases July 15, 2014
[San Francisco] Centerplate, the company that provides hospitality services for the San Francisco Giants, and UNITE HERE Local 2, the union representing 800 food and beverage workers at AT&T Park, have reached a contract agreement that ends labor negotiations at the ballpark. The agreement provides for wage increases, health care and improved pension benefits, and […]
Press Releases April 22, 2016
NEW YORK — In a publication released today, the UNITE HERE Airport Group highlighted myriad reasons why German-owned AIRMALL USA is a poor fit for New York’s largest airport. AIRMALL is in consideration to develop, manage and operate food and beverage and retail concessions at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Terminal 5. The choice will […]
Press Releases March 20, 2017
WASHINGTON—The members of UNITE HERE are reigniting their campaign to demand Congress protect the health care of millions of hardworking Americans. As the GOP Trumpcare plan speeds toward a vote of the full House, UNITE HERE is escalating efforts to educate voters about the disastrous effects of Trumpcare on costs, coverage, and care for millions […]