Press Releases June 2, 2015
EAST CHICAGO, IN – The union for workers in gaming, hotels, and food service industries, UNITE HERE, has launched a new website intended as a resource for customers of Northwest Indiana casinos who need to know whether labor disputes could affect their plans in the area. The website, www.indianagamingalert.org, will be regularly updated with information […]
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 March 21, 2011
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 21, 2011 – A coalition of labor, consumer and environmental groups is calling on Congress and the White House to take steps in the next 100 days to preserve, protect and bolster labor laws in the United States. The call to action covers several issues ranging from minimum wage and child […]
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 October 6, 2015
Las Vegas, NV – Next week, the first Democratic Presidential Debate will take place at a union hotel, Wynn Las Vegas. Union members from UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 will welcome the candidates and their campaigns by hosting a week of political action. The Culinary Union is Nevada’s […]
Posts July 1, 2013
Every day for two weeks, parents and school staff have fasted and rallied on the steps of Governor Tom Corbett’s Philadelphia office, calling for funding that would allow the city’s school district to restore student safety staff to its lunchrooms, hallways and schoolyards. On July 1, on the heels of a newly approved Pennsylvania budget […]
Pages July 21, 2015
As our nation’s leaders debate reauthorization of the FAA, a growing number of labor unions are weighing in to call on Congress to allow airports to increase the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) according to their local infrastructure needs. So far, leaders from the following labor councils and federations have issued statements in support of airports […]
Press Releases November 18, 2009
Hundreds to march through downtown to protect affordable Healthcare Morgan Stanley-owned hotel’s attack on worker health sparks outrage What: "Oakland Workers Rising" – March to protect healthcare for working families Where: Rally in front of the Oakland Downtown Marriott, 1001 Broadway, kicks off march at 4.30pm. The march will move to Frank Ogawa Plaza where […]
Press Releases November 6, 2017
New York, NY – The termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for recipients born in Nicaragua by the Department of Homeland Security, and the non-commitment to protect Honduran TPS beyond July 2018, is an inhumane and immoral decision that could have devastating impacts on hundreds of thousands of families and the U.S. economy. UNITE HERE […]