Hilton Metrotown Workers Win Contract Ending B.C.’s Longest Hotel Lockout
97 Terminated Staff Win Right to Return to Jobs Burnaby, B.C. — Hilton Metrotown hotel workers locked out since April 15, 2021, voted May 11, 2022, to ratify a new contract by a 98% yes vote. The vote...
View ArticleUNITE HERE Remembers and Honors those Lost on September 11
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE...
View ArticleThe Legacy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Fighting for Housekeeper...
One hundred and twelve years since Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire killed 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a movement for safe working conditions, housekeepers across the U.S. and...
View Article2023 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Commemoration
March 25, 2023, is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York’s Greenwich Village. This tragedy took the lives of 146 young immigrant garment workers and galvanized a...
View ArticleUNITE HERE President Letter to Senate HELP Supporting Julie Su as DOL Secretary
Link to PDF of letter on letterhead The Honorable Bernie Sanders Chair Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Bill Cassidy, M.D. Ranking...
View ArticleUNITE HERE urges President Biden to re-designate El Salvador, Honduras and...
UNITE HERE International Union General Vice President Enrique Fernandez said: “Our union literally has tens of thousands of members and their families from these countries. Many of these members left...
View ArticleUNITE HERE Endorses Biden-Harris 2024
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...
View ArticleUNITE HERE Remembers and Honors those Lost on September 11
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE...
View Article“Southside Needs Good Jobs and Worker Power,” By Rosalyn Carter
Rosalyn Carter I moved to Richmond my hometown of Farmville, Virginia when I was nineteen because there no jobs there. Growing up, I watched my parents work around the clock as they...
View ArticleUNITE HERE Remembers the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
March 25, 1911… The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in New York City’s’s Greenwich Village was one of the worst workplace disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The fire took the...
View ArticleUNITE HERE Remembers and Honors those lost on September 11
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001, UNITE HERE remembers all those who lost their lives on that tragic day. We hold especially close the memory of our 43 sisters and brothers from UNITE HERE...
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