Press Releases September 10, 2010
TORONTO–Workers at the Fairmont Royal York have gone on strike as of midnight Thursday in the midst of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and will hold a media conference today at 1:30 pm to discuss the situation. The workers, who began picketing outside the Fairmont Royal York at 7:00 a.m. Friday, say their patience […]
Press Releases August 18, 2010
Chicago, IL – On August 18, over one hundred labor, community and political leaders gathered at the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago for the Chicago premiere of Show us the Tax Breaks. This short film tells the story of how the Pritzker Family’s Union Tank Car company gathered millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies while destroying […]
Press Releases August 25, 2018
[ORLANDO, Fl.] The six labor unions representing 38,000 service employees at Walt Disney World have reached an historic contract settlement that will raise starting pay from $10 to $15. The union raises will bring an estimated $1 billion influx of additional wages into the Central Florida economy over the term of the four-year contract. “These […]
Pages June 15, 2017
A Visual History of Struggles & Victories of UNITE HERE Members 2022 Remembering Resilience Celebrate the legacy of John Wilhelm and the spirit of the UNITE HERE frontier strike of 1991-1998 in Las Vegas. We honor Wilhelm’s remarkable leadership and organizing skill, which were instrumental in securing victory for the striking workers. This video serves […]
Press Releases June 14, 2021
On the sixtieth anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides from Washington D.C. through the South, UNITE HERE will join Black Voters Matter in the Freedom Ride for Voting Rights. As voter suppression laws targeting people of color sweep the nation, this multi-racial coalition will conduct a voter outreach campaign to protect the freedom to vote. […]
Press Releases June 21, 2021
With the Senate scheduled to vote tomorrow on the For the People Act, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer met today with hundreds of UNITE HERE hospitality workers who are on their way to Washington, D.C. to demand that the Senate pass legislation to protect and expand the right to vote. “Voting is fundamental to working people’s […]
Press Releases November 20, 2015
Las Vegas, NV – The Culinary Union was chartered on November 1, 1935 and this year marks the 80th anniversary of the organization that has improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Nevada hospitality workers and their families with union wages and benefits. In eight decades, the Culinary Union has become an essential economic […]
Press Releases June 24, 2021
WHO: Hotel housekeepers, cooks and other hospitality workers with the union UNITE HERE, alongside Black Voters Matter and allies. WHAT: National march of hospitality workers followed by a Freedom Ride for Voting Rights Rally. At 12:30 PM, 1,500 UNITE HERE Freedom Riders will begin marching from the Intersection of D St NW and New Jersey […]
Press Releases June 26, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C.—While Republican Senators continue the attack on voting rights, UNITE HERE hospitality workers from 21 states joined Black Voters Matter in a mass march and demonstration in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 26. Alarmed by voter suppression laws targeting people of color sweeping the nation, UNITE HERE mobilized hospitality workers by bus from 21 […]
Press Releases July 30, 2021
WHO: More than 75 UNITE HERE hotel housekeepers, cooks, and other hospitality workers alongside the Poor People’s Campaign and allies WHAT: National rally and march to combat voter suppression laws WHERE: Union Plaza, Washington, D.C. WHEN: Monday, August 2 at 10:45 AM Just days before the 56th anniversary of the signing of the 1965 Voting […]