Press Releases March 27, 2020
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TELEPRESS CONFERENCE—Friday, March 27, 2020 at 11:30a Click to RSVP Hospitality workers’ union UNITE HERE to host tele-press conference on impact of COVID-19 on industry’s frontline workers in Canada WHAT: Tele-press conference with UNITE HERE Canada union leadership to discuss the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on workers nationwide in […]
Press Releases December 14, 2017
New York, NY – Today UNITE HERE celebrates TIME Magazine naming our union hotel housekeepers who stood up to sexual harassment from guests as their 2017 Person of the Year, in their Silence Breakers issue on stands Friday. Our Person of the Year recognition specifically features UNITE HERE hotel workers Juana of UNITE HERE Local […]
Posts January 14, 2010
The recent earthquake in Haiti has affected thousands of Haitian and Haitian-American UNITE HERE members across the country. To supplement the crucial day-to-day assistance that UNITE HERE affiliates are providing to their members, we have established the UNITE HERE Relief Fund. We encourage UNITE HERE members and affiliates to contribute to the fund, which will […]
Press Releases August 5, 2005
WHAT: A rally for US Sen. Jon Corzine, Democratic candidate for the New Jersey Governor’s office. WHEN: Monday, August 8, 2005, 5 p.m. WHO: Senator Jon Corzine Bruce Raynor, General President, UNITE HERE John Wilhelm, President/Hospitality Industriues, UNITE HERE Robert McDevitt, President, UNITE HERE Local 54 Hundreds of casino worker members of Local 54 WHERE: […]
Press Releases October 21, 2020
MIAMI—Mike Bloomberg announced today a $1 million contribution to Take Back 2020, a political program with hundreds of Florida hospitality workers from UNITE HERE canvassing door-to-door to get out the vote ahead of the 2020 election. UNITE HERE Florida’s efforts are based in Central and South Florida and largely run by laid-off hospitality workers. In […]
Press Releases September 14, 2020
In a virtual town hall with union leadership, members, and Candidate for Vice President Kamala Harris, UNITE HERE International Union announced its endorsement of Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris for President and Vice President of the United States.
Press Releases September 14, 2005
St. Paul, MN-The General Executive Board of UNITE HERE voted September 13th to disaffiliate from the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). This vote follows several months of debate and discussion among the members, staff, and elected leadership of UNITE HERE. “Workers in America are in a crisis- a crisis of low wages, […]
Press Releases June 14, 2005
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (June 14, 2005) – Angelica Corporation and UNITE HERE have entered into an agreement resolving their ongoing labor dispute. UNITE HERE is the collective bargaining representative for production workers at 23 of Angelica’s 35 laundry facilities across the country. For more than a year, Angelica and UNITE HERE have been engaged in […]
Press Releases December 3, 2019
Livestream: www.Facebook.com/Culinary226 Follow along on Twitter: @Culinary226 & @UNITEHERE WHAT: Town Halls with union members and Senator Elizabeth Warren, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss issues important to working people in the 2020 U.S. presidential race. UNITE HERE will also host a roundtable (that will not be attended by candidates) with union members from across the […]
Press Releases June 15, 2017
New York, NY – This month the UNITE HERE union is touting its role as the premier labor trailblazer on LGBTQ protections at work, and marking the 2017 Pride schedule with worker actions across 30 cities all over the United States and Canada. UNITE HERE has been a pioneer in securing equal protections for its […]