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UNITE HERE
UNITE HERE
Founded 2004
Members 465,000
Country North America
Affiliation Change to Win Coalition, CLC
Key people Bruce S. Raynor, president
Office location New York City
Website www.unitehere.org

UNITE HERE is a labor union with more than 465,000 active members in the United States and Canada, predominantly in the hotel, food service, apparel and textile manufacturing, laundry, warehouse, and casino gaming industries. The Change to Win Federation is a Coalition of American Labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL-CIO The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (in French "le Congrès du travail du Canada Bruce S Raynor is the General President of the labor union UNITE HERE, a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Change to Win Federation (CTW and a member The City of New York A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging usually on a short-term basis The foodservice (or food service) industry (US English catering industry in British English encompasses those places institutions and companies responsible Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the Human body from extreme Weather Textile manufacturing is one of the oldest human industries The oldest known Textiles date back to about 5000 B Laundry can be items of Clothing and other Textiles that require Washing the act of washing clothing and textiles A warehouse is a commercial Building for Storage of Goods. Warehouses are used by Manufacturers Importers Exporters A casino is in the modern sense of the word a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of Gambling activities The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of UNITE (formerly the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees) and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union). "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union ( HERE) was a United States labor union representing workers of the Hospitality industry,

The general president of UNITE HERE is Bruce S. Raynor, and the president of UNITE HERE's hospitality division is John W. Bruce S Raynor is the General President of the labor union UNITE HERE, a founding member of the Leadership Council of the Change to Win Federation (CTW and a member Wilhelm. Wilhelm shares executive, budgetary, and personnel authority with Raynor.

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Hotel bargaining

UNITE HERE has fought for substantial wage increases for workers in the traditionally low-paid hotel and tourism sector.

Major UNITE HERE hotel contracts in Toronto, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Honolulu and Chicago expired in 2006, raising the possibility of a multi-city strike to support the union's collective bargaining objectives. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The City of New York Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work. Contracts were settled in all cities -- including San Francisco, which had been expired since 2004 -- with the exception of Los Angeles. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West

Prominent celebrities such as actor Danny Glover, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and former U.S. Senator and Democratic Party Presidential candidate John Edwards have endorsed UNITE HERE's 2006 contract campaign. Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22 1946 is an American Actor, Film director, and Political activist. Rage Against the Machine (sometimes shortened to RATM or Rage) is Thomas Baptist Morello (born May 30 1964 is a Grammy Award -winning American Guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine Jesse Louis Jackson Sr (born October 8 1941 is an American Civil rights activist and Baptist minister. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Johnny Reid "John" Edwards (born June 10 1953

Yale University

Since 1987, graduate student teaching assistants (TAs) at Yale University have been trying to organize a union, first affiliated with HERE and now with UNITE HERE. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) A teaching assistant (TA is a junior Scholar employed on a temporary contract by a College or University in teaching-related responsibilities UNITE HERE represents two other groups of employees on campus: clerical and technical employees who are members of UNITE HERE Local 34, and service and maintenance employees who are members of UNITE HERE Local 35. The Yale TAs' organization is now called the Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO), and along with the other UNITE HERE locals at Yale, is affiliated to the Federation of Hospital and University Employees. The Graduate Employees and Students Organization (GESO is a group of graduate student teachers and researchers which is trying to be recognized as a union at Yale The Federation of Hospital And University Employees is a coalition of Labor unions in New Haven Connecticut, United States, which represents thousands To date, Yale has refused to recognize or bargain with GESO.

Political & Legal action

UNITE HERE has also been affiliated with various political causes, such as the anti-Iraq war and pro-immigration rights movements. On May 6th UNITE HERE sanctioned affiliation with a pro - immigration rally (which followed the "Day Without a Mexican" protest) in Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC. Meridian Hill Park, also known unofficially as Malcolm X Park, is located in the Washington D When the union was still UNITE!, It participated in protests against the Iraq war.

See also

External links

Hotel Workers Rising is a campaign of UNITE HERE aimed at organizing and mobilizing UNITE HERE members in the hotel industry to win improvements in the workplace including The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union ( HERE) was a United States labor union representing workers of the Hospitality industry, The Change to Win Federation is a Coalition of American Labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL-CIO Mike Casey (born January 6, 1958) is the president of the 12000-member Local 2 chapter of UNITE HERE, a union that represents hotel and restaurant workers
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