Posts June 14, 2010
This weekend, UNITE HERE members and Sleep With the Right People are marching in Pride events in Baltimore, Honolulu, Portland, OR, and Sacramento. Go to www.sleepwiththerightpeople.org to learn more about Pride events throughout the summer. In the last several weeks, UNITE HERE members in Hartford, CT; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Boston; Pittsburgh; Honolulu; and Philadelphia marched […]
Posts February 1, 2007
According to a report by the Free Press, an Illinois mop-and-broom manufacturer bought Specialty Filaments Inc., a union brush maker located in Middlebury, VT, earlier this week. Production is expected to resume as soon as Monday, one month after production was halted. The court-approved sale includes a three-year contract with UNITE HERE Local 2524. The […]
Posts November 8, 2010
TORONTO, ON–On November 8, 2010, UNITE HERE Local 75 members at the Delta Chelsea voted to ratify a new collective agreement as proposed by the company on 7 AM Sunday morning. This victory comes after a 13-day strike and a lockout threat by the company. The agreement, which was approved by 94% of the 510 […]
Posts May 6, 2011
Union workers at Cal State University Monterey Bay Food Services, members of UNITE HERE Local 483, approved a 5-year labor contract, which calls for $2.05 per hour in additional wages over the life of the agreement. The union members voted May 5 at CSUMB with 96% approval. The contract covers 60 Sodexo employees, including cooks, […]
Posts June 22, 2011
Union workers at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, members of UNITE HERE Local 483, approved a 4-year and 9 month labor contract, which calls for up to $5.34 per hour in additional wages and benefits over the life of the agreement, as well as workload improvements. The union members voted today, June 22, 2011, at Asilomar […]
Posts January 13, 2012
Following majority votes at kitchens around the country, UNITE HERE members who work at LSG Sky Chefs have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that covers more than 7,000 in-flight catering workers. The new contract terms will be in effect until 2015. The agreement comes at the successful conclusion of federally-mediated negotiations and makes significant […]
Posts March 29, 2012
Pebble Beach, CA — UNITE HERE Local 483 members at the prestigious Lodge at Pebble Beach voted overwhelmingly to approve a 5-year labor contract Tuesday evening, March 27. Approximately 94% of the voting members approved the agreement, calling for a minimum of $1.90 per hour in additional wages for non-tipped workers over the span of […]
Posts December 11, 2012
The Long Beach City Council will ratify on Tuesday, December 11, the results of Measure N, an initiative voters overwhelming passed this past November, setting a minimum wage for Long Beach’s biggest hotels. Sixty-four percent of Long Beach voters approved Measure N. The measure won in all nine districts. The minimum wage law will go […]
Posts August 29, 2013
Following an organizing effort that brought together airport workers from across the country, Delaware North employees have ratified a new union contract. The bargaining was led by a national bargaining committee comprised of cooks, servers, cashiers, hosts, bartenders and utilities employees from fourteen airports around the country. The workers approved their contract by a vote […]
Posts August 25, 2005
On Wednesday, August 10, 620 workers were fired by the airline caterer Gate Gourmet in a dispute provoked by the company, whose aim was to replace union members with cheap labor. In response, baggage handlers at Heathrow — members of the same union as the Gate Gourmet workers who had just lost their jobs — […]