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NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF LOCAL 6 DELEGATES TO THE UNITE HERE CONVENTION
Notice is hereby given to all members of the Hotel, Restaurant & Club Employees and Bartenders Union, Local 6 (“Local 6”) that a date has been set for nominations and election of Local 6 delegates to the Convention of UNITE HERE to be held on June 25-27, 2014, in Boston, Massachusetts. Elected delegates will be nominating and electing officers of UNITE HERE at the UNITE HERE Convention.
Chicago’s Hyatt workers authorize strike
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, UNITE HERE Local 1 members from the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Park Hyatt, Hyatt McCormick Place, and Hyatt O'Hare voted July 29 to authorize a strike.
HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE Join in Relief Effort in Puerto Rico
After Hurricane Maria rampaged across Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving an unimaginable trail of destruction, HTC, Local 6 and UNITE HERE joined in a relief effort to assist members of the hotel union there, Local 610.
Local 2 members walkout at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
As reported in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, about 400 Hyatt Regency workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 staged a three-day strike last week to pressure Hyatt hotels to negotiate a fair contract, stop unilaterally increasing workloads, and lower health care costs.
Union hotel workers picket D.C.‘s Madison Hotel
Members of Unite Here Local 25 who work at the Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C., have been picketing the hotel since Monday, January 31, 2011. They are protesting the new owner's refusal to honor their existing union contract, which covers 150 workers. Twenty-five workers have been laid off since Jamestown, an asset investment and management company headquartered in Atlanta, took over the hotel on January 19.
Local 5 (Hawaii) wins contract with Starwood and Hilton
On March 14, Local 6's sister union in Hawaii, Local 5 Unite Here, agreed to a three-year contract with Kyo-ya Hotels & Resorts and Starwood Hotels & Resorts, after workers voted to authorize a strike. The contract covers 2,800 union members at the Sheraton Waikiki, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, Westin Moana Surfrider, Sheraton Maui and Sheraton Kauai.
Union Victory in Puerto Rico
When members of Unite Here Local 610 in Puerto Rico entered into a contract fight with Hilton in June 2009, the life of their union was hanging by a thread.
The new contract that was ratified in February 2010 saved their union. It stopped decades of decline and concession bargaining. It significantly raised the members’ standard of living and greatly increased their power.
Strikers at Chicago’s Congress Hotel celebrate 7th anniversary
According to In These Times, strikers at Chicago's Congress Plaza Hotel celebrated their 7th anniversary on the picket line on Monday.
Hotel conflict right in the middle of high season
A total of 1,216 union employees from four major hotels in Puerto Rico will be protesting against their employers between Thursday and Saturday, for what they consider to be violations of their rights and unfair treatment.
Our union expands into New Jersey and Upstate
During the past six months, our union has assumed a major new role as the collective bargaining representative for more than 2,500 additional hotel and gaming workers in 32 shops in northern New Jersey and the Capital District of New York State.
