Pages November 4, 2016
This is the second issue of our Building a Movement newsletter, focused on our national political efforts leading up to election day. Together, our members are building a movement to enable people of all backgrounds to achieve greater equality and opportunity. ARIZONA Arizona Rising: The 10-Year Crusade to Reinvent Politics in the Grand Canyon State […]
Posts October 24, 2011
UNITE HERE is excited to be an official partner of the first national Food Day. Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. We’ll be celebrating Food Day by hosting and participating in events on college campuses across the […]
Press Releases November 18, 2010
Indianapolis – A group of 20 community supporters, composed primarily of female religious and civic leaders looking to lend a hand and help improve the quality of Hyatt Regency housekeepers’ working conditions, rolled up their sleeves on Thursday and entered the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis with the aim to help the housekeepers clean their rooms. The […]
Posts September 23, 2016
UNITE HERE will help implement part of a new $1.37 million contract between the U.S. Department of Labor and the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute to expand multi-employer apprenticeship programs in two important sectors with potential for job growth: manufacturing and hospitality. UNITE HERE President D. Taylor said of the grant announcement, “This grant will help tremendously with […]
Posts May 9, 2019
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/442435-democrats-must-focus-on-kitchen-table-issues-to-win-the-white-house “The Democratic presidential candidate who connects with American workers on kitchen-table economics will win the nomination and win the general election in 2020. The political campaigns of 2020 will end at the ballot box, but they must start at the kitchen table. That is where elections are won and lost, where we meet the […]
Posts June 10, 2011
Last month, Lakayana and Nathan, two student leaders from Madison, Wisconsin, drove over 2,000 miles to Las Vegas, Nevada, to help out with an action at Stations Casino. When they arrived in Las Vegas they teamed up with Fatima and Jonathan, two Loyola Marymount students from Los Angeles who were fresh off their organizing victory […]
Posts June 13, 2007
University students joined UNITE HERE members and supporters yesterday to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. The rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase clothing from the chain store until it enforces […]
Posts April 23, 2008
Testimony Given By Emmanuel Torres, Son of Worker Killed at Cintas Plant; U.S. Representative “Appalled” at Cintas’ Lack of Responsibility The U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing today on workplace safety seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. Members of the subcommittee named Cintas as a prime example of the need […]
Posts July 16, 2008
Hotel Workers and LGBT community unite to fight discrimination against gays and lesbians and workers. On July 10th, UNITE HERE and LGBT leaders announced a full-scale boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. The coalition is calling for Hyatt to take action to correct a record of discrimination against workers at the hotel. […]
Posts August 9, 2017
On July 31, our union sister TeeTee Dangerfield was senselessly murdered. TeeTee was a server at the Atlanta Airport, a very proud member of Local 23, and a trans woman. Her murder is being investigated as a potential hate crime.We are horrified and saddened by TeeTee’s unconscionable murder, a crime that took away a shining star […]