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We deserve the…
On May 1, 2013, UNITE HERE! Locals 362 & 737 along with Immigrants, Students, Faith Community Leaders and Workers will celebrate our right to work, our right to live and our right to stay together. All members are invited and encouraged to attend. For more information, contact your Shop Steward or Union Representative. We…
Orange leaders put sick-time measure to voters
Orange County leaders obeyed a sharply worded judicial ruling and voted 6-1 Tuesday to put a paid-sick-time referendum on the August 2014 primary ballot. A three-judge panel left room for little else when it ruled earlier this month that the board had violated the “plain meaning of its charter” by blocking the measure from the…
Citizens rally for Orange County earned sick time initiative
Dozens of supporters gathered at UNITE HERE! Local 362 to go out and collect signatures for the Orange County earned sick time initiative Saturday morning. “The Orange County Earned Sick Time initiative will provide a critical economic security net to workers who are struggling to stay employed and provide for their families,” said Sheena Rolle…
Fighting for a Better Florida!
On June 13 in Orlando, over 400 UNITE HERE members, students and allies from other unions and the community took to the streets in front of the Doubletree Universal Hotel to call for a Better Florida. The march was the culmination of a program in which 5,000 workers filled out cards expressing their ideas…
Orlando churches, activists support farmworkers fasting outside Publix HQ
“One worker’s struggle is a struggle for all workers, and we should be standing together in solidarity to support each other’s causes,” said Eric Clinton, president of Unite Here! Local 362, which represents employees at Disney and Orlando International Airport. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a Florida farmworker-rights group, has urged Publix for three years…
UNITE HERE Members Nationwide Ratify Agreement with LSG Sky Chefs
Following majority votes at kitchens around the country, UNITE HERE members who work at LSG Sky Chefs have approved a new collective bargaining agreement that covers more than 7,000 in-flight catering workers. The new contract terms will be in effect until 2015. The agreement comes at the successful conclusion of federally-mediated negotiations and makes significant…
Airport Concession Workers Keep Winning!
Workers at Orlando International Airport are celebrating their growing Union and a new contract settlement as they stand together for a better future in Central Florida. On October 21, 2011, workers at AREAS USA, who work at the Ruby Tuesdays and Qdoba Mexican Grill, won recognition of their Union with 80% of the workers authorizing…
The right to work, the right to live, the right to stay together