Press Releases November 16, 2021
Workers at HelloFresh have alerted government agencies and are calling for investigations of higher-than-average injury rates at America’s #1 meal kit company’s Richmond CA and Aurora CO factories. As online food ordering exploded during COVID, HelloFresh doubled its U.S. revenues in 2020 – but the workers who prep, assemble, and ship these meal kits say […]
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 […]
Press Releases September 15, 2004
(Washington, DC) – Thousands of hotel and restaurant workers in three major American cities have voted by overwhelming margins to authorize a strike. Contracts in San Francisco and Los Angeles expired in April and September, and the Washington DC contract expires today. Despite extensive negotiations, hotel industry representatives have refused to drop their demands that […]
Press Releases November 16, 2004
When: Thursday, November 18 – 3:30 PM Where: Barclay InterContinental Hotel 111 East 48th Street (b/t Park & Lexington Ave) Who: 1000 hotel workers, union members and leaders of UNITE HERE; Locked out hotel workers from San Francisco Why: UNITE HERE will hold a large rally to demonstrate that “Tourism works because we do!” The […]
Press Releases January 7, 2005
(Washington, DC) – More than 3500 local workers may go on strike at 14 hotels before the Inaugural events if they are not able to secure a fair contract settlement. Hotel employees and their union, UNITE HERE Local 25, have been negotiating with the hotel association since August 2004. Workers authorized a strike on September […]
Press Releases January 14, 2005
After more than five months of negotiations, representatives for workers from 14 DC hotels and the Hotel Association have reached a tentative agreement. The union had set a deadline of January 15 to reach an agreement or take further action, up to and including a strike. That action will be held until the workers vote […]
Press Releases January 17, 2005
(Washington, DC) – After more than five months of negotiations, representatives for workers from 14 DC hotels and the Hotel Association have reached a tentative agreement. The union had set a deadline of January 15 to reach an agreement or take further action, up to and including a strike. Members will vote to ratify the […]
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, […]
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 March 7, 2008
CHICAGO—On the one year anniversary of the horrific death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez in Tulsa, Oklahoma, employees at Cintas, North America’s largest industrial laundry, launched a historic effort to force the company to provide safe workplaces. Chicago-area employees, elected leaders, and community allies rallied outside of the company’s Bedford Park, Illinois, laundry to […]