Press Releases August 20, 2007
Beverly Hills—Prudential Overall Supply workers, today, rallied outside city hall with community and labor supporters, before going inside to speak at the city council meeting regarding a possible interruption of city laundry service. The workers came to Beverly Hills from all over the Southland seeking the City’s assistance to avoid an unfair labor practices strike […]
Press Releases May 6, 2010
Las Vegas—For the first time, hourly employees of Las Vegas gaming company Station Casinos attended the company’s bankruptcy proceedings in Reno yesterday and today. Their presence was noted by the parties involved and it was the first time worker retention was a significant topic in the company’s bankruptcy proceedings. The workers are members of an […]
Press Releases June 11, 2010
ANAHEIM – Hundreds of Disney hotel workers walked off the job at 8 a.m. this morning, protesting the unjust firing of bartender MaryAnn Hegner and Disney’s refusal to respect worker seniority. Hundreds of workers from three Disneyland Resort hotels – the Disneyland Hotel, the Grand Californian Hotel and the Paradise Pier Hotel – are participating […]
Posts May 4, 2012
Following a thorough, four-month investigation, the National Labor Relations Board’s counsel in Miami has filed a formal complaint against the operators of the Mardi Gras Casino in Hallandale, Florida. The complaint comes after 10 workers who were leaders of a union organizing drive were fired in November 2011. The complaint asserts, among other things, that […]
Posts September 15, 2014
In response to the unprecedented closure of three Atlantic City casinos in less than three weeks, UNITE HERE Local 54 joined state, county, and local government and community partners to run the AC Unites Here resource center September 3–10.
Press Releases January 27, 2005
Los Angeles — On Wednesday, January 26, the Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board notified the attorneys for UNITE HERE Local 11 that the General Counsel of the NLRB has decided there was probable cause that the Los Angeles Employers’ Council hotels have bargained in bad faith with Local 11. The General […]
Press Releases March 9, 2006
(Washington, DC)-At a press conference today, UNITE HERE released “Conduct Unbecoming: Sweatshops and the U.S. Military Uniform Industry,” documenting poor working conditions in factories that make uniforms for the armed forces. The report finds that uniforms for our country’s enlisted men and women are often sewn in domestic sweatshops with conditions more like what people […]
Press Releases February 17, 2011
Las Vegas, NV—Las Vegas locals are calling on Station Casinos to support any new anti-discrimination legislation in Carson City that would make employers liable for discrimination against employees based on national origin. Thousands are attending a massive demonstration at Palace Station today to call on the company to support full and equal rights for all […]
Press Releases February 6, 2012
On February 3, 2012, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Remington Hospitality, the Texas based operator of the Sheraton hotel in Anchorage. This injunction comes over five months after a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Administrative Law Judge concluded that the hotel violated numerous federal labor laws in its effort to end recognition […]
Press Releases January 28, 2016
Each day in Silicon Valley, thousands of food service workers prepare breakfast and lunch for tech workers. They also play an important role in the culture of the Valley, providing a rich spread of gourmet food and snacks—one of the perks of being a tech professional. But these same workers are excluded from the prosperity […]