Press Releases August 17, 2015
Las Vegas, NV – “Donald Trump says he wants to make America great again,’” said Geoconda Arguello-Kline, Secretary-Treasurer for the Culinary Union. “Mr. Trump should start right here in Las Vegas with workers at his hotel. Many of them are immigrants who work hard to provide for their families. They deserve equal treatment and should […]
Press Releases May 11, 2012
As the city gets closer to signing new deals that will jeopardize over 1,500 Chicago jobs, hundreds of airport concessions workers and allies held an action at the Chicago O’Hare Terminal 1 departures area on Thursday, May 10, calling for city officials to move forward on measures that would improve the stability of airport jobs. […]
Press Releases August 23, 2018
Las Vegas, NV – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Washington, DC has denied Station Casinos’ legal challenges to recent union election victories at both Palms Casino and Green Valley Ranch Resort. The Regional Director for the NLRB office covering Las Vegas has now issued legal complaints against both properties alleging that their refusal to bargain […]
Posts November 2, 2012
On Tuesday, October 30, employees at the new St. Regis Bal Harbor, located a few blocks north of Miami Beach, became members of UNITE HERE Local 355, South Florida’s hospitality and tourism workers union. The St. Regis workers will now begin negotiating their first contract. With the union certification and acknowledgement by St. Regis management, […]
Posts September 2, 2011
On August 25, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Gregory Z. Meyerson issued a long-awaited verdict on the sixteen separate allegations of unlawful behavior which had been lodged against Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC, the operator of the Sheraton Anchorage hotel, by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board), the federal agency authorized to enforce the National […]
Press Releases September 1, 2011
On August 25, 2011, Administrative Law Judge Gregory Z. Meyerson issued a long-awaited verdict on the sixteen separate allegations of unlawful behavior which had been lodged against Remington Lodging & Hospitality LLC, the operator of the Sheraton Anchorage hotel, by the National Labor Relations Board (the Board), the federal agency authorized to enforce the National […]
Posts November 7, 2012
Unprecedented Community Coalition Wins Raises, Sick Days for L.B. Hotel Workers Long Beach – A cheering crowd representing a uniquely diverse Long Beach coalition hailed the passage of Measure N Tuesday night. The measure establishes a minimum wage of $13/hr (about $2,000 a month) in Long Beach’s largest hotels, guarantees workers five sick days a […]
Posts May 11, 2012
As the city gets closer to signing new deals that will jeopardize over 1,500 Chicago jobs, hundreds of airport concessions workers and allies held an action at the Chicago O’Hare Terminal 1 departures area, calling for city officials to move forward on measures that would improve the stability of airport jobs. Actions on May 10 […]
Posts September 16, 2015
Winner Honored for Achievement and Union Values Union Plus recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 106 students representing 36 unions, including one winner representing UNITE HERE, in the 2015 Union Plus Scholarship Program. In this 24th year of the program, more than 5,000 applications were received from union members, their spouses and their dependent children […]
Press Releases December 15, 2011
On December 9, 2011, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the agency that enforces the National Labor Relations Act, the federal labor law that governs most private-sector workers, filed a lawsuit in an Alaskan federal court against Texas-based Remington Lodging & Hospitality, the corporation that operates the Sheraton Hotel & Spa in Anchorage. The lawsuit […]