Posts January 6, 2014
On December 12, 2013, UNITE HERE Local 40 members who work in 47 hotels, pubs and liquor stores in British Columbia ratified their new collective agreement with 93% voting in favor. Workers led the fight for nearly 18 months to reach a new contract with their employers. The gains in this contract were achieved as […]
Posts March 21, 2013
AP – Throngs of workers blocked traffic on the Las Vegas Strip Wednesday in a demonstration against the Cosmopolitan casino that ended with the arrest of nearly 100 protesters. Tourists watched from an overpass across Las Vegas Boulevard as police led workers wearing red union shirts one-by-one into a white police bus. Police arrested 98 […]
Press Releases April 20, 2005
On Wednesday, April 20, elected, community, labor, and religious leaders will join hundreds of higher education workers at 4 PM at Columbia University, [116th St./Broadway], for a massive rally demanding justice for higher education workers. This rally brings together University and College workers at every level demanding accessible, quality higher education for all. Graduate employees […]
Press Releases November 18, 2010
TORONTO, ON – On Thursday, November 18, a group of over 20 women leaders walked into a housekeeping briefing meeting demanding the hotel put a stop to its “Make a Green Choice.” Carrying mops and cleaning supplies, the women offered to share in the pain that comes from arduous housekeeping work, by helping them clean […]
Press Releases August 12, 2004
Responding to actions by the Monterey Bay Travelodge, barring its employees from leafleting at a protest rally yesterday, August 11, UNITE HERE Local 483 has filed charges against the hotel with the National Labor Relations Board. Travelodge employees Juana Enriquez and Sandra Meléndez, after working their 8-hour shifts for the hotel, stood outside the hotel […]
Press Releases August 23, 2018
DENVER – Today, low wage workers at Denver International Airport began collecting signatures to place the Denver Airport Minimum Wage Initiative on the May 2019 Denver citywide ballot. The ballot measure would raise the minimum wage for workers at DIA to $15 by 2021. “I thought working for a big company like United at the […]
Press Releases November 7, 2023
RICHMOND, VA. — As results continue to pour in, 180 UNITE HERE members, allies, and staff across Virginia and celebrating an incredible election season. With reproductive and economic justice on the ballot statewide, Democrats took back the House and secured their Senate majority. “Virginia is the bellwether for 2024 and the bellwether for the South, […]
Posts February 13, 2012
On February 3, US District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess granted a 10(J) preliminary injunction as authorized under the National Labor Relations Act, ordering the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage to recognize and bargain with UNITE HERE Local 878. This order was wide-reaching and included many significant issues for the workers at the hotel, which is […]
Posts March 18, 2017
Airline catering and airport workers from Dulles and National Airports joined protesters at Dulles International Airport today to rally against President Trump’s second immigration order, also known as Muslim Ban 2.0. The majority of airline catering and airport workers at Dulles and National Airports are immigrants, including many refugees. Workers and allies also called on […]
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 […]