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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posts October 30, 2015
HONOLULU — October 20, 2015 — After three years of contract bargaining, Kaiser Permanente employees represented by UNITE HERE Local 5 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that covers 1,900 employees at 22 facilities throughout Hawaii. The agreement retains full pension coverage with no cuts to benefits, provides excellent pay increases, […]
Posts September 16, 2015
Winner Honored for Achievement and Union Values Union Plus recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 106 students representing 36 unions, including one winner representing UNITE HERE, in the 2015 Union Plus Scholarship Program. In this 24th year of the program, more than 5,000 applications were received from union members, their spouses and their dependent children […]
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 July 21, 2021
Las Vegas, NV – On Tuesday, July 20, 2021, the United States District Court in Nevada ordered a rare and extraordinary injunction against Station Casinos’ Red Rock Casino for their outrageous conduct during the December 2019 National Labor Board Relations (NLRB) union election at the property. In its thorough 34-page decision, the federal court found […]
Press Releases August 24, 2005
Minneapolis, MN – As students across the country prepare to head back to school, union members have embarked on a national campaign to educate the public about the dangers of chemicals commonly used by TruGreen ChemLawn on school grounds. Starting this Saturday, members of the union UNITE HERE will canvass 100,000 households in 20 states […]
Press Releases June 24, 2019
NATIONWIDE—Workers who prepare, pack and deliver food and beverages served aboard flights for American, Delta, United and other airlines have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike when released by the National Mediation Board. It was the largest such vote ever to occur in the U.S. airline catering industry, with more than 11,000 workers […]