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 February 5, 2015
The federal action comes amidst efforts by #strikefastfood, Fast Food Forward, and $15 Now to bring the issue of fast food jobs to the forefront of public consciousness. Au Bon Pain at Philadelphia Airport is the latest to join a long list of fast food companies that are being challenged by unions, students and politicians across the country.
Press Releases May 31, 2007
NEW YORK, May 31 — Garment and service workers across North America will join workers from a Canadian warehouse in leafleting American Eagle Outfitters stores in 18 cities this week. From Pittsburgh to Vancouver, over three days, thousands of U.S. and Canadian shoppers will learn of unfair treatment of workers at the third-party warehouse, National […]
UNITE HERE represents workers throughout the United States and Canada.