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Come support Boathouse workers at rally in Central Park on April 21
The Union is holding a rally outside the Boathouse restaurant. Union members are urged to participate. We intend to support the Boathouse workers and we are confident that our membership will respond strongly to assist in this effort. The rally will be held at 4:30pm on April 21.
Key City Council group meets with Boathouse workers
Five of the Boathouse employees fired for union activity appeared at a meeting of the city council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus on Monday, March 14.
Wisconsin union-busting law blocked by judge
Wisconsin's Dane County District Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary order blocking Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's widely criticized union busting law from taking effect. The law was blocked on the grounds that the vote on the bill violated Wisconsin's open meeting laws, which require sufficient advance notice of any legislative vote.
Contract wins at Chicago, Honolulu and San Francisco Hiltons
After fierce battles with the Hilton Hotel Corporation, hotel workers at UNITE HERE locals in Chicago, San Francisco, and Honolulu have won new contracts. The workers stayed the course for 19 months in Chicago and San Francisco, and 9 months in Honolulu. They made their determination to win strong contracts known by engaging in demonstrations, picketing, temporary strikes, and boycotts.
Prank call shows Wisconsin Governor Walker in billionaire benefactor’s pocket
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin received a telephone call from an individual he believed to be his politically conservative billionaire benefactor (but who was in fact someone posing as him). Walker eagerly reported on what he and the state's Republican legislators are doing to, not for, the working people of the state and the 14 state senators who have been fighting for them.
Women sue non-union Standard Hotel for discrimination
Two female former cocktail servers have sued the non-union Standard Hotel for gender discrimination. The suit alleges that the two women, both of whom are about 5-foot-4, did not meet the Standard's new standard for cocktail waitresses, i.e., "women who appear to be willowy, svelte and statuesque runway models " The fired cocktail servers sued the hotel due to the gender specific nature of this new policy.
Media coverage of national labor battle
Bills aimed at weakening and ultimately eradicating labor unions continue to be pushed aggressively in state legislatures across the country. Ominously, this is true even in states where, for generations, unions have been strongest where it became possible for working families to constitute America's great middle class.
What the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire means for workers today.
In states nationwide, working people are protesting the actions to strip them of collective bargaining. The Triangle fire and the Upper Big Branch explosion a century later make clear to me that workers want and need that voice. Collective bargaining still means a seat at the table to discuss issues such as working conditions, workplace safety and workplace innovation, empowering individuals to do the best job they can. And it means dignity and a chance for Americans to earn a better life.
Boathouse rally rescheduled for April 21
Hotel Voice — April 10, 2011
The new date for the rally at the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park is Thursday, April 21 at 4:30 p.m. A strong mobilization effort continues in the shops and has members ready for whatever activities are needed to show support for the Boathouse workers.
Wisconsin anti-union bill becomes law but battle far from over
On March 9 and 10, Wisconsin's Republican state senators and representatives passed legislation that stripped almost all of the state's 175,000 public employees of their collective bargaining rights and simultaneously enfeebled the unions that represented them. Governor Scott Walker signed the bill into law the following morning. The bill is nothing less than the use of state power to suppress democratic dissent, and is worthy of the worst third world dictatorship.
