UNITE HERE
Low-Wage Workers Shut Down Airports Across the Country, Demand Better Pay and Affordable Health Care
With a strike authorization already on the table, Tuesday’s actions could be the first step toward a bigger nationwide strike of airport workers.
James Dennis Hoff
November 28, 2019
Sheraton, No Layoffs!
The Stamford Sheraton plans to cut departments and lay off workers. But the workers are fighting back.
Ioan Georg
October 22, 2019
Trabajadores del Hotel Sheraton Stamford logran la sindicalización
A pesar de una furiosa campaña anti sindical realizada por la gerencia; los trabajadores y trabajadoras votaron a favor de unirse a UNITE HERE.
Thaddeus Greene
December 15, 2018
Sheraton Workers in Stamford Win Union Recognition
Despite a rabid anti-union campaign by the management, Stamford Sheraton workers voted in favor of joining UNITE-HERE.
Thaddeus Greene
December 14, 2018
Hotel Struggles Across the Nation
With the eruption of strike action by Chicago hotel workers, hotel worker William Lewis argues that the unions have the power to organize the unorganized, spread the strike nationally -- and win.
Ioan Georg
September 17, 2018
Workers at Hilton Stamford Picket for a Contract and against Retaliatory Firing
For months the workers of the Hilton Stamford have been battling it out for a good contract. They won recognition for their union 110 votes to five in December of 2017. Since then they have been strengthening their organization internally while mobilizing for fights outside their hotel.
Ioan Georg
September 10, 2018
Hilton´s Bosses Launch Intimidation Campaign Against Unionists
More than one week into the drive for union recognition, the management of the Hilton Stamford Hotel has begun their campaign of intimidation and fear-mongering.
Ioan Georg
November 25, 2017
What Will It Take to Beat the Bosses at the Hilton Hotel?
On November 9 a 100-person delegation of housekeepers, cooks, servers, front-desk agents, and other workers occupied the Hilton's main lobby and demanded that the general manager recognize the union.
Thaddeus Greene
November 23, 2017
Sick of Working “Like Donkeys,” Hilton Workers Fight for A Union
Stamford, Connecticut. Today, workers at Hilton Hotel visited the manager’s office to deliver a cake decorated with the words, “Felicidades Union 217” (Congratulations Union 217), celebrating their petition for a union. The general manager, said to have hidden in the back, wasn’t there to receive the sweet gift. Yesterday, over a hundred Hilton workers and […]
Ioan Georg
November 14, 2017