Posts October 8, 2013
Washington, DC – Today hundreds of UNITE HERE members from six states will be among the tens of thousands of people gathering in the nation’s capital to demand the House Republican leadership pass comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship. Additionally, dozens of UNITE HERE members will be preparing to take arrest as part […]
Posts January 3, 2012
More than 1,000 workers at the new Resorts World New York City casino at Aqueduct Racetrack have chosen UNITE HERE Local 6/Hotel Trades Council as their union. As the largest bargaining unit organized by Local 6 in the modern era, this victory continues UNITE HERE’s coalition work with other unions in gaming and represents an […]
Posts October 24, 2011
UNITE HERE is excited to be an official partner of the first national Food Day. Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way. We’ll be celebrating Food Day by hosting and participating in events on college campuses across the […]
Posts March 5, 2010
Today, Robert Kidder, a former executive of Fall River Shirt Company, officially opened a new shirt manufacturing company, New England Shirt. The workers at New England Shirt are members of the New England Joint Board of UNITE HERE and have already negotiated a union contract with the company. At today’s opening, UNITE HERE members proudly […]
Press Releases May 10, 2012
UNITE HERE applauds President Obama’s statement in support of marriage equality. Our members support full equality for LGBT Americans in all matters governed by civil law, and we are grateful for the President’s courage and leadership. The United States took an important step towards fulfilling the Constitution’s promise of equal protection under the law. UNITE […]
Press Releases December 8, 2011
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – December 7, 2011 — By an overwhelming majority, UNITE HERE Local 11 members at the Disneyland Resort ratified a new, mutually beneficial, five-year collective bargaining agreement that was supported by both union leadership and the company. The contract will be in effect through January 2017, and applies to the union’s 2,100 workers […]
Press Releases July 30, 2008
New York – UNITE HERE welcomes the recent resolution by Governor Edward G. Rendell committing Pennsylvania to participate in the State and Local Government SweatFree Consortium. According to Governor Rendell, “taxpayer funds should not be used to support sweatshops that profit from the sale of goods while workers are denied basic human rights.” UNITE HERE […]
Press Releases September 4, 2007
Las Vegas –The Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Bartenders Union Local 165 and their international parent union, UNITE HERE, announced today that through a combination of the local and international strike funds and a line of credit, they will have more than $80 million available to support the potential strike of more than 13,000 casino […]
Press Releases July 25, 2005
On Sunday, July 24th, UNITE HERE’s delegates to the AFL-CIO voted unanimously to boycott the AFL-CIO convention in Chicago. Following nine months of negotiations, it became clear to our delegates and leaders that our proposals for reform are not leading to a real commitment from the AFL-CIO to organize new members. Given our differences, the […]
Press Releases October 16, 2024
Boston, Mass. – A recent analysis found that hotels representing over 30% of Park Hotels and Resorts’ (NYSE: PK) hotel operating profit are impacted by ongoing U.S. hotel strikes. Park-owned hotels where workers with the UNITE HERE union are on strike generated nearly a third of its 2024 YTD hotel earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, […]
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