Posts May 25, 2013
750 Centerplate workers stop work at home of San Francisco Giants after three years of wage freezes [San Francisco, CA] 750 workers began a one-day strike May 25th against Centerplate, the San Francisco Giants’ food and beverage subcontractor. The strike is a significant escalation in the workers’ campaign to achieve a new contract with wage […]
Posts March 12, 2014
By D. Taylor Once again, at a White House press briefing, Jay Carney was asked about the serious problems many unions, including mine, have with Obamacare. He was questioned about a UNITE HERE document laying out, again, our very real problems with the new law. Mr. Carney asserted, "We’ve addressed this issue," and promised to […]
Posts April 13, 2015
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Allston announced Saturday that they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott. During the course of their campaign housekeepers educated the public about the pain they experienced cleaning hotel rooms. […]
Posts April 18, 2017
On April 12, more than 100 workers and their allies marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington D.C. to demand pay equity for airline catering workers. The march anchored a series of actions nationwide, as workers from 16 airports rallied for dignity and equality. Watch the video: Read the CQ Roll Call […]
Press Releases January 18, 2005
UNITE HERE Local 25 members today ratified a strong contract and avoided a disruptive strike during the inaugural week. The economic package includes the largest wage increase in 20 years and a 63% increase in management’s contribution to the pension fund. And there are changes to almost every article of the contract designed to improve […]
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 December 20, 2005
December 20, 2005 – Colton, CA: Over 300 members of UNITE HERE are on strike at Angelica Corp’s giant laundry facility in Colton, California. Workers want on strike after the company made a final offer that they felt failed to address a number of key concerns, in particular wages and pension. Most workers at the […]
Press Releases June 21, 2006
(Washington, DC) – Evelyn Dubrow, a longtime ILGWU and UNITE lobbyist and legislative director, passed away June 20. She was 95. The daughter of a union carpenter and little sister of a suffragette became famous fighting for labor rights as a Congressional lobbyist for the ILGWU, starting in 1956. She founded the Coalition of Labor […]
Press Releases February 20, 2007
MONTREAL, CANADA, Feb. 20, 2007 — On Valentine’s Day, Canadian garment workers rallied outside the headquarters of Montreal-based real estate giant, the RosDev Group, in support of New Jersey hotel workers. The demonstrators, who are members of the Quebec Council of UNITE HERE, came out to support workers at the Crowne Plaza Secaucus Meadowlands hotel. […]
Press Releases March 7, 2007
A worker died at a Cintas industrial laundry plant Tuesday morning in a ghastly workplace tragedy. According to press reports, Eleazar Torres-Gomez was pronounced dead on the scene after apparently being dragged into an industrial dryer. Torres-Gomez was trapped in the dryer—which can reportedly reach temperatures of 300 degrees—for at least 20 minutes. This gruesome […]
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