UNITE HERE

  • Women's Day March in San Antonio Says “Ya Basta” to Abusive Treatment of Workers
    by Chris Kutalik
    Mar 9 2010 - 11:17am

    International Women's Day often gets short shrift in the United States, its places of birth, but in San Antonio, women's groups are raising its profile—and a little hell—while bolstering a hotel organizing drive.

  • Service Unions Try for Patterns
    Mark Brenner
    Feb 16 2010 - 8:57am

    A few unions are forcing new types of pattern bargaining onto the table. While service sector unions usually have limited themselves to setting standards within local labor markets, UNITE HERE is using its Hotel Workers Rising campaign to push for a sort of pattern in the major chains it has organized.

  • Viewpoint: Pink Sheeting Debate Only a Pretext for Attack
    Chuck Hendricks
    Jan 8 2010 - 11:00am

    I am not aware of any current UNITE HERE staff who think pink sheeting is a real issue—either important or widespread enough—for us to pursue. Nor have I seen abuses like those claimed. Most of us, however, are clear about how the allegations of pink sheeting have been used against UNITE HERE.

  • Viewpoint: Pink Sheeting and Harmful Organizing Methods at UNITE HERE
    Arlen Jones, Greg Hoffman
    Jan 8 2010 - 11:00am

    UNITE HERE is known as a dynamic organizing union that mobilizes its members around effective comprehensive campaigns. But it suffers from a deeply undemocratic decision-making structure that uses abusive methods to recruit and retain low-level staff and members—and to quiet dissent.

  • UNITE HERE Greets New Year with New Action, Arrests in San Francisco
    by Catherine-Mercedes Judge
    Jan 6 2010 - 2:49pm

    Nearly 1,000 hotel workers and supporters converged on the posh downtown San Francisco Hilton, opening a new front in UNITE HERE Local 2’s months-long contract battle.

  • In a Year of Bad News, Stories of Courage and Resistance
    Labor Notes Staff
    Dec 30 2009 - 11:45am

    After an exuberant opening of 2009, the year brought mostly bad news for workers and the labor movement. As always, though, some soldiered on, creating the stories of courage and resistance to inspire the rest of us.

  • San Francisco Hotel Workers Walk Out
    Catherine-Mercedes B. Judge
    Nov 10 2009 - 4:20pm

    Hotel workers at two San Francisco hotels have announced three-day strikes in the last week. The actions come during a major push at the city's hotels, where union workers are fighting a host of concession demands.

  • UNITE HERE Won't Concede to Big Hotels
    Paul Abowd
    Oct 28 2009 - 10:22am

    UNITE HERE has launched another round of contract battles with hotel giants. After civil disobedience actions workers in Chicago and San Francisco authorized strikes, escalating a nationally coordinated “bargain to organize” campaign.

  • Housekeepers' Giant “Hope Quilt” Puts Hotel Job Injuries in Spotlight
    Chris Kutalik
    Oct 16 2009 - 5:38pm

    Hotel housekeepers are on a seven-city tour with a gigantic “hope quilt” that memorializes injuries on the job. It's also a symbol of their determination to rally union and non-union hotel housekeepers against harsh working conditions and workplace injuries.