Press Releases August 24, 2005
Minneapolis, MN – As students across the country prepare to head back to school, union members have embarked on a national campaign to educate the public about the dangers of chemicals commonly used by TruGreen ChemLawn on school grounds. Starting this Saturday, members of the union UNITE HERE will canvass 100,000 households in 20 states […]
Press Releases April 10, 2007
ORLANDO, FL, Apr. 10 – What does a Disney Cast Member do once all the visitors have left the Magic Kingdom? She hangs up her costume, returns to her apartment, and worries about how she is going to support her kids on wages that do not keep up with the rising cost of health insurance […]
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 18, 2007
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007 beginning at 7:00 a.m. (HST), the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) will commence with the tallying of votes in the union election at Hale Koa Hotel – the U.S. Army owned and operated hotel located at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. Eddie Yagin and Lynda Nakagawara, Local 5 members and employees […]
Press Releases September 19, 2007
Honolulu – UNITE HERE! Local 5, a local labor organization which represents nearly 12,000 hotel and service workers throughout the state of Hawaii, was elected today to continue representation of the more than 800 hotel workers at the Hale Koa Hotel – the U.S. Army owned and operated hotel located at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki. […]
Press Releases March 7, 2008
CHICAGO—On the one year anniversary of the horrific death of Cintas worker Eleazar Torres Gomez in Tulsa, Oklahoma, employees at Cintas, North America’s largest industrial laundry, launched a historic effort to force the company to provide safe workplaces. Chicago-area employees, elected leaders, and community allies rallied outside of the company’s Bedford Park, Illinois, laundry to […]
Press Releases April 1, 2008
WASHINGTON, April 1, 2008 – The Cintas Corp. was criticized today in a U.S. Senate hearing for having a dangerous pattern of disregarding worker safety. The hearing, held by the Employment and Workplace Protections Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sought to hold leading corporations like Cintas accountable for repeated safety […]
Press Releases April 19, 2008
More than 600 workers took to St. Hubert Street in Montréal today to rally in front of a Moores clothing store. They were reacting to the recent announcement that their factory will be closed this summer. Angry workers called on Montrealers to denounce the decision of Men’s Wearhouse to shut the factory down despite the […]
Press Releases April 22, 2008
Washington – Emmanuel Torres, son of a Tulsa Cintas worker killed on the job, will testify this Wednesday, April 23rd, at a House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. The hearing comes one year after the subcommittee first called for a company-wide OSHA investigation of Cintas. It will […]
Press Releases April 23, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC, April 23 – The U.S. House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing today on workplace safety seeking stronger OSHA enforcement for large, multi-site employers. Members of the subcommittee named Cintas as a prime example of the need for stronger OSHA enforcement. The hearing was prompted by the death last year of Eleazar […]
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