Posts June 16, 2023
UNITE HERE is proud to endorse the most pro-union administration of our lifetime — Joe Biden and Kamala Harris — for a second term in the White House. In 2020, the pandemic presented the greatest crisis in our union’s history. Despite the obstacles, thousands of UNITE HERE housekeepers, cooks, dishwashers, and other hospitality workers led […]
Posts March 3, 2021
Today, UNITE HERE hospitality workers’ union leadership praised the introduction of the Equality Act in both the House and Senate, a historic sweeping legislation that would expand June 2020’s Supreme Court ruling that protects LGBTQ workers from job discrimination into other areas where LGBTQ people still face legal discrimination today. UNITE HERE International Union President […]
Press Releases March 30, 2020
An audio recording of the telepress conference can be streamed below, or click here to download a copy of the audio. Today, leadership from across UNITE HERE Canada discussed the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers nationwide in industries as diverse as airlines, hotels, remote camps, and food service. With mortgages, utilities […]
Press Releases March 18, 2020
Click here to listen to or download a recording of the press conference NEW YORK—Today, leadership from across UNITE HERE discussed the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers nationwide in industries as diverse as airlines, hotels, and food service. Leaders called on Congress and local elected officials to do more to step […]
Press Releases November 6, 2019
WHAT: Town Hall with union members and Senator Kamala Harris to discuss issues important to working people in the 2020 U.S. presidential race WHO: 200 union members of UNITE HERE’s Culinary Workers Union Local 226 and Bartenders Union Local 165 in Las Vegas WHERE: Culinary Union Hall, 1630 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas, NV 89102 […]
Press Releases June 16, 2019
NEW YORK —UNITE HERE airline catering workers in thirteen cities have voted in favor of authorizing a strike if and when released to do so by the National Mediation Board. The strike votes were unanimous or nearly unanimous in each city. These catering workers are subcontractors responsible for providing food and beverage service for American, […]
Press Releases May 15, 2019
Washington, DC – Today at Nationals’ Park, the fastest-growing union in the country honored Nationals’ ace pitcher Sean Doolittle with an honorary membership in recognition of his longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice. UNITE HERE lauded Doolittle’s respect of and support for the union workers who serve the food in many MLB stadiums, including the […]
Press Releases November 7, 2018
New York, NY – Today UNITE HERE celebrates the dedicated work of thousands of hospitality workers in swing states and competitive electoral districts across the country, whose work contributed to successfully flipping a US Senate seat in Nevada and the still too close to call Arizona Senate race. With the union’s largest ever direct voter contact campaign, […]
Press Releases August 15, 2017
New York, NY – Today on the 5th anniversary of the landmark Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protections, UNITE HERE is recognizing the many DACA recipients who keep the American hospitality industry thriving, and doubling down on our commitment to fight for continued DACA protections for these workers. The anniversary comes on the tail […]
Press Releases June 27, 2017
LAS VEGAS—UNITE HERE announced today that proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommends that shareholders of Red Rock Resorts, Inc. withhold their votes for all five directors – Frank J. Fertitta III, Lorenzo J. Fertitta, Robert A. Cashell, Jr., Robert E. Lewis, and James E. Nave – at the company’s July 6, 2017 meeting […]
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