Posts October 14, 2010
More than three months after union hotel contracts expired, hotel workers at the Hilton Hawaiian Village – Hilton’s largest hotel worldwide with over 3,600 rooms and 1,500 union workers – walked off the job, announcing a five-day strike protesting Hilton’s efforts to lock workers into cheap recession contracts. Outraged that Hilton finagled $180 million in […]
Posts April 14, 2009
Federal, state and local tax dollars are being used to buy products made in sweatshops, according to a new report released today by SweatFree Communities titled Subsidizing Sweatshops II: How our tax dollars can foster worker rights and economic recovery rather than fuel the race to the bottom. Findings include child labor, obligatory pregnancy tests, […]
Posts November 3, 2016
By D. Taylor, UNITE HERE President With a critical election approaching, millions of Americans who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges are getting smacked by sticker shock this week: premiums for benchmark Silver plans will rise an average of 25% next year. The publicity around the 13 million exchange customers obscures an […]
Posts September 26, 2007
As classes resumed this month, students at more than twenty campuses across North America participated in a Week of Action to spread the word about the ongoing boycott of teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters. College students from Ottawa to Miami and San Antonio to Montreal are supporting the back-to-school boycott protesting workers’ rights abuses at […]
Posts May 14, 2010
On May 13, labor, community, and congressional leaders gathered at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters in Washington, DC, for the premier screening of Show us the Tax Breaks and a discussion on strategies for bringing about a real and just economic recovery. Show us the Tax Breaks, a short documentary film produced by UNITE […]
Posts September 16, 2015
Winner Honored for Achievement and Union Values Union Plus recently awarded $150,000 in scholarships to 106 students representing 36 unions, including one winner representing UNITE HERE, in the 2015 Union Plus Scholarship Program. In this 24th year of the program, more than 5,000 applications were received from union members, their spouses and their dependent children […]
Press Releases April 23, 2018
What: UNITE HERE union hotel workers from multiple cities appeared on an ABC Dateline 20/20 special sexual harassment investigation episode with Diane Sawyer When: Friday, April 20th, 10pm EST Where: ABC 20/20; Watch online at here. Who: UNITE HERE hotel workers from cities where our hotel workers took on the rampant sexual harassment in the […]
Press Releases September 18, 2018
Beginning Tuesday, about 2,700 workers in United Airlines’ five airline catering kitchens will finally have their opportunity to vote in a union election. The election is scheduled between September 18 and October 23, with voting to take place either online or via telephone. “Today is an important day in our union—the day that workers in […]
Press Releases September 14, 2022
With stakes higher than ever for the 2022 midterms, the hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE is bringing “Workers to the Front,” running the largest door-to-door canvassing efforts in three high-profile battleground states. Watch the full press conference (YouTube) | Photo highlights from the field (NV, AZ, PA) | Press release online | Press release on […]
Posts March 6, 2006
Toronto, ON-“Hundreds of UNITE HERE members, staff as well as hotel workers and supporters will be turning out for the International Women’s Day march in Toronto on Saturday, March 11. Attendance at the march will be a symbol of current labor struggles and women’s movements. UNITE HERE members have been meeting with Toronto feminist groups […]