UNITE HERE! Local 8
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Local 8 is the the hospitality workers union of the Northwest. Our members work in hotels, food service & airport concessions. RTs do not equal endorsement.
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http://unitehere8.org 08-03-2012 19:21:20
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Teamsters Don't Cross Picket Lines! This Labor Day, and every day, the Teamsters stand united with our brothers and sisters at UNITE HERE in their fight for fair wages, better benefits, and adequate staffing! x.com/unitehere/stat…
The workers at Westin Hotels Marriott Hotels downtown Seattle deserve to be paid livable wages and have health insurance coverage. Support their demands; do not give business to those hotel brands until they agree to the workers’ demands. #Solidarity #LaborDay #Strike
Happy Labor Day to the workers across Massachusetts who are organizing for a better future. Today, I was proud to stand with the UNITE HERE Local 26 hotel workers workers striking for the fair contract they deserve. They know that we cannot beg for our rights—we have to fight for them.
It's Day 2 of our hotel workers’ strike in Waikiki and on Kaua'i! Hotel workers for Hilton, Hyatt, Kyo-ya, & Marriott won’t back down... we need tourism to work for us locals and not just our mainland bosses.✊ UNITE HERE
Celebrating Labor Day in style by joining UNITE HERE! Local 8 on their picket lines alongside Alexis Mercedes Rinck & building worker power together ✊ Seattle is a union town!
The workers at the Seattle Westin represented by UNITE HERE! Local 8 have taken care of me at countless events over the last two decades, so I thought it particularly important to be there to support them on #LaborDay as they rightfully seek a fair contract. #onejobshouldbeenough
Over 10,000 hotel workers launched a massive, nationwide strike on Labor Day. Union workers in Baltimore, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Honolulu and Kauai have walked out. Their union, UNITE HERE, says they're striking for fair wages and better treatment.
Still giving thanks to all our amazing allies who walked the line with us during our historic 2-day strike. Thanks Seattle Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO crew!
Over Labor Day weekend, thousands of hotel workers went on strike nationwide. Chris Isidore joined us this morning to explain the conditions that led to the strike and why it's the second year in a row that hotel workers walked off of the job. wnyc.org/story/why-hote…