Press Releases October 9, 2017
BOSTON, MA—In the set up for a major labor confrontation, hundreds of Northeastern University workers overwhelmingly approved a strike, set to begin just two days before the Clintons and the Clinton Global Initiative comes to the University for a prescheduled event. Attendees of Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative University event slated for Northeastern University on […]
Press Releases March 11, 2005
Press Conference at Madison Square Garden, Friday, March 11, 12 noon WHAT: Madison Square Garden workers speak out about Cablevision’s cutoff of their health insurance and other problems at MSG. Launch website www.FightattheGarden.info to publicize their fight vs. Cablevision. WHEN: Friday March 11, 12 noon WHERE: 7th Ave. and 31st St. in front of Madison […]
Press Releases March 20, 2017
WASHINGTON—The members of UNITE HERE are reigniting their campaign to demand Congress protect the health care of millions of hardworking Americans. As the GOP Trumpcare plan speeds toward a vote of the full House, UNITE HERE is escalating efforts to educate voters about the disastrous effects of Trumpcare on costs, coverage, and care for millions […]
Press Releases June 12, 2007
NEW YORK, June 12 — U.S. and Canadian university students joined apparel and service workers today to announce the beginning of a Back-to-School boycott of American Eagle Outfitters near the retailer’s Union Square store. Today’s rally coincided with American Eagle’s annual shareholder meeting in midtown Manhattan and featured hundreds of activists pledging not to purchase […]
Press Releases July 15, 2014
[San Francisco] Centerplate, the company that provides hospitality services for the San Francisco Giants, and UNITE HERE Local 2, the union representing 800 food and beverage workers at AT&T Park, have reached a contract agreement that ends labor negotiations at the ballpark. The agreement provides for wage increases, health care and improved pension benefits, and […]
Press Releases November 18, 2015
San Antonio, TX – Today, UNITE HERE and two Hyatt hotels, Grand Hyatt San Antonio and Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, have reached an agreement on new five-year union contracts. The settlement represents the first union contracts at hotels on the San Antonio River Walk. The new five-year agreement covering approximately 500 Hyatt employees contains […]
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 December 22, 2015
Last week, Congress reauthorized the controversial EB-5 Regional Center Program as part of its massive 2016 spending bill. In the months leading up to reauthorization, the program—through which wealthy foreign citizens can secure US green cards in exchange for investing $500,000 each in businesses that create 10 direct, indirect, or induced jobs in designated “high […]
Press Releases June 24, 2019
NATIONWIDE—Workers who prepare, pack and deliver food and beverages served aboard flights for American, Delta, United and other airlines have voted overwhelmingly in favor of authorizing a strike when released by the National Mediation Board. It was the largest such vote ever to occur in the U.S. airline catering industry, with more than 11,000 workers […]
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 […]