Press Releases October 31, 2016
Hospitality Union Seeks to Elect First Latina Senator, Stop Healthcare Taxes Las Vegas, NV –The largest political operation in the battleground state of Nevada will double in size today as over 150 UNITE HERE members from across the country join canvassing teams from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Clark and Washoe counties. The […]
Press Releases November 21, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Sodexo convention center workers in five major markets for meetings and group travel – Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Sacramento, and Detroit – today warned of possible strikes in Las Vegas and Orlando and labor disputes elsewhere over low wages and working conditions. Cooks, dishwashers, banquet servers, concession cashiers, and other […]
Press Releases January 27, 2020
Follow #FastForOurFamilies all week on Twitter and Instagram. MIAMI – Today, catering workers serving American Airlines launched a “Fast For Our Families” that will run through Saturday. The nine fasters, who are airline catering workers from Miami, New York, San Francisco and Minneapolis were joined in solidarity by National Football Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, […]
Press Releases February 1, 2020
MIAMI—Airline Catering workers who will prepare the food and drink for American Airlines passengers departing Miami following Super Bowl LIV ended their historic 6-day fast on Saturday morning with a breaking of the bread ceremony outside MIA Airport. The workers have been fasting since Monday to call attention to poverty wages and unaffordable health care […]
Press Releases September 26, 2022
San Francisco, Calif. – Fast-food workers at San Francisco International Airport are on strike. The strike includes a thousand workers at restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and lounges at SFO. The majority make $17.05 per hour and have not seen a raise in three years. Travelers should plan to bring their own food, as workers are […]
Press Releases November 8, 2017
Richmond, VA – Despite the Pharmaceutical industry working with the Republican Attorney General’s Association, or RAGA, to buy the Virginia Attorney General’s seat, the will of voters has again thwarted Big Pharma with John Adams’ defeat. “Big Pharma poured $1,789,755 in to RAGA this cycle, and even after they spent a quarter million of that […]
Posts February 24, 2006
Now without a labor contract for 2 years and without health insurance for 16 months, a dozen Latino hotel workers in Monterey, California, are locked in a battle with their employer, Kilsoo Seo, who wants to trap them in low-wage, no-benefit jobs. Seo, an out-of-town owner from Bethel, Alaska, eliminated his workers’ health insurance and […]
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 […]
Press Releases January 28, 2015
Today, student activists, including chapters of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), are demanding meetings with Au Bon Pain outlet managers on their campuses to discuss the company’s response to union organizing at Philadelphia Airport. Au Bon Pain has refused to give its employees at the Philadelphia Airport a fair process to organize a union. Some […]
Press Releases June 29, 2017
Sacramento, CA – Yesterday afternoon, the California Assembly Health Committee approved passage of UNITE HERE-backed Senate Bill 17, which provides transparency on prescription drug prices. The bill requires drug makers to provide the public with advance notice of price increases on certain prescription drugs. The bill additionally stipulates that health plans must report drug spending […]