Press Releases November 2, 2009
San Francisco’s hotel workers union, UNITE HERE Local 2, made an attempt today to avert a strike by putting forth a low-cost proposal to the Hilton Corporation. Under the union’s one-year proposal, the hotel company’s labor costs would rise by less than 2%. Since August, San Francisco hotel workers have been negotiating for a new […]
Press Releases December 4, 2009
Vancouver, BC – In a decision issued on December 2, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center ("WIPO") rejected a complaint filed by Coast Hotels & Resorts against UNITE HERE, the union that represents hospitality workers throughout North America, including workers at 11 Coast Hotels in Western Canada and the United States. Coast […]
Press Releases August 31, 2009
HONOLULU – A week after more than 1,000 Local 5 health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Kaiser’s Honolulu and Wailuku Clinics, the hotel and healthcare workers’ union UNITE HERE Local 5 has launched a website, www.Local5Deliver.org, as part of their 2009 statewide contract campaign. Local 5’s new website features an online […]
Press Releases April 24, 2020
NEW YORK—D. Taylor, the International President of UNITE HERE, the hospitality union with over 95% of its members unemployed as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, praised House Democrats for introducing the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act that would cover the full cost of health insurance premiums for laid-off or furloughed workers. “We are […]
Press Releases November 30, 2006
SAN JOSE-The High Tech-Biotech Corridor runs from San Jose up the Peninsula to South San Francisco. These industries act as the economic engine of the Bay Area, providing jobs and technological innovation for the region. Santa Clara County has more than 110 big businesses, more than San Francisco and Alameda counties combined. While companies in […]
Posts July 30, 2006
During a two-day organizing conference held in Cincinnati last weekend, approximately 500 UNITE HERE service sector members and staff gathered together to launch the Service Workers Rising! campaign, an effort to unite 100,000 UNITE HERE members employed in the Laundry, Airport concessions and the Food Service industries across North America. Service companies like Compass, Sodexho […]
Posts June 24, 2011
On June 23, in Oakland, California, Local 2850 escalated the fight at Castlewood County Club, where the workers have been locked out since February 25, 2010. In the first civil disobedience to take place at the Club, nearly 100 demonstrators blocked the roadway leading to an entrance of the golf course for several hours during […]
Press Releases February 2, 2011
LOS ANGELES – Disney hotel workers pleading with Academy members to "vote their conscience" this awards season, released a new video Wednesday offering a sobering glimpse at a day-in-the-life of a Disneyland dishwasher. The video features Blandina Rios, a 10-year dishwasher in Goofy’s Kitchen and a single mother of a child with Down’s syndrome. After […]
Press Releases June 30, 2011
Rabbis and other faith leaders have released a report today, pledging to treat a number of Hyatt Hotels as "not kosher." Open the Gates of Justice: A Clergy Report on Working Conditions at Hyatt Hotels describes a range of practice by Hyatt that clergy found "contrary to the religious traditions we uphold." This report is […]
Press Releases April 22, 2016
NEW YORK — In a publication released today, the UNITE HERE Airport Group highlighted myriad reasons why German-owned AIRMALL USA is a poor fit for New York’s largest airport. AIRMALL is in consideration to develop, manage and operate food and beverage and retail concessions at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) Terminal 5. The choice will […]