Press Releases October 4, 2018
San Francisco, CA – Today 4,000 Marriott International hotel workers represented by UNITE HERE have shut down the tourism industries of two major American cities in what may quickly become the largest multi-city hotel worker strike ever. Thousands of UNITE HERE Marriott workers in San Francisco struck this morning, joining UNITE HERE Marriott workers in […]
Posts November 29, 2012
The governing body of UNITE HERE, the union of hospitality workers in the U.S. and Canada, has elected D. Taylor as its President. John Wilhelm, who had served as the President of UNITE HERE since 2009, retired on November 29 at the meeting of the UNITE HERE General Executive Board. Wilhelm was previously the President […]
Press Releases November 29, 2012
The governing body of UNITE HERE, the union of hospitality workers in the U.S. and Canada, has elected D. Taylor as its President. John Wilhelm, who had served as the President of UNITE HERE since 2009, retired on November 29 at the meeting of the UNITE HERE General Executive Board. Wilhelm was previously the President […]
Press Releases October 27, 2009
Philadelphia – Despite an all-out effort by New York-based SEIU 32BJ, UNITE HERE Local 634 powered to a convincing election victory. Today, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) announced the results of the election to represent the 2,300 cafeteria workers and noon time aides at the Philadelphia School District, showing UNITE HERE Local 634 as […]
Press Releases June 26, 2019
Las Vegas, NV – UNITE HERE union delegates will gather in Las Vegas, Nevada today for the 2019 UNITE HERE International Union Convention, unified under the union’s rallying cry that “One Job Should Be Enough.” The Union is celebrating a blockbuster period of new organizing growth and successful campaigning that have transformed standards across the […]
Press Releases November 8, 2016
WHAT: Teleconference hosted by UNITE HERE’s Culinary Union leaders in Las Vegas will introduce UNITE HERE members—housekeepers, cooks, cocktail waitresses, food servers, bellmen and porters— who took a leave of absence from hotel and casino jobs to work full-time as political organizers and commanded one of the toughest and best-trained grassroots field operations in the […]
Posts April 8, 2013
Long Beach, Calif. (April 8, 2013) – Hyatt hotels in Long Beach, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Long Beach City Councilwoman, the Honorable Dr. Suja Lowenthal, today announced that associates at Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Hyatt The Pike Long Beach have elected to be represented by UNITE HERE Local 11. All Hyatt associates who […]
Press Releases April 8, 2013
Long Beach, Calif. (April 8, 2013) – Hyatt hotels in Long Beach, UNITE HERE Local 11, and Long Beach City Councilwoman, the Honorable Dr. Suja Lowenthal, today announced that associates at Hyatt Regency Long Beach and Hyatt The Pike Long Beach have elected to be represented by UNITE HERE Local 11. All Hyatt associates who […]
Press Releases November 6, 2020
Philadelphia—UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers’ union that ran the largest door-to-door turnout operation in Philadelphia, celebrates its historic effort to flip Pennsylvania back to blue. Beginning October 1, when polls showed a big lead and few groups were engaging voters in person, UNITE HERE Philly members launched a contactless face-to-face canvassing effort to make voting […]
Press Releases November 5, 2020
WHAT: Virtual press conference with leaders from UNITE HERE—union that operated the largest door-to-door canvassing operations in three outstanding battleground states—to release new information from the ground in NV, AZ, and PA indicating clear path to victory for Joe Biden. WHO: D. Taylor, UNITE HERE International President Susan Minato, Co-President, UNITE HERE Local 11 Geoconda Arguello-Kline, […]
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