Press Releases March 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Change to Win released a print ad today demanding the United States Congress reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement deal that the Bush administration is threatening to send to Congress in the coming weeks despite strong opposition. “American workers are sick of job-destroying trade deals that benefit multinational corporations,” said Bruce Raynor, […]
Press Releases April 28, 2017
Atlantic City, NJ — UNITE HERE, a union representing more than 275,000 working men and women in the hospitality industry, including 20,000 members in New Jersey, launched a new ad campaign against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-NJ). MacArthur is singled out for his particularly hypocritical role in pushing to pass the latest Trump-GOP healthcare bill. The […]
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 September 14, 2007
September 12– As classes resume, students at more than twenty campuses across North America are participating in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. The back-to-school boycott was called by student groups and the union UNITE HERE to protest workers’ rights abuses at American […]
Press Releases June 30, 2011
Rabbis and other faith leaders have released a report today, pledging to treat a number of Hyatt Hotels as "not kosher." Open the Gates of Justice: A Clergy Report on Working Conditions at Hyatt Hotels describes a range of practice by Hyatt that clergy found "contrary to the religious traditions we uphold." This report is […]
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 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 September 29, 2004
Escalating a two-year battle to win job security language with the absentee owners of Turtle Bay Resort, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, the AFL-CIO has added the plush hotel and golf destination to its national boycott list. The action comes at the request of UNITE HERE Hospitality Industry President John Wilhelm and the union’s […]