Statement from UNITE HERE Local 2:
“Corazon Dandan was a beloved member of our union who worked as a telephone operator at two hotels, the Parc 55 and the Westin St. Francis. All of her coworkers and fellow union members are horrified by her tragic passing, and we will support her family in every way we can.”
Local 2 Membership Meeting:
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 22, 4:30pm
ADDRESS: First Unitarian Church of Oakland, 685 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612
Local 2 was one of many UNITE HERE locals to march on May 1! Hotel workers all across the U.S. and Canada had actions. WATCH:
40,000 hotel workers in 22+ cities across the U.S. and Canada have union contracts up for negotiation this year – and we are ready to fight! WATCH:
Today’s news about the A’s temporary relocation to Sacramento is only the latest chapter in the longer story about billionaire John Fisher and Major League Baseball abandoning Oakland.
UNITE HERE Local 2 represents hundreds of food and beverage workers at the Oakland Coliseum, many of whom have worked at the stadium for over 20 or even 30 years. The majority are African American. These workers have made thousands of game days enjoyable for countless fans, their union wages and benefits have supported the workers’ families and communities, and their work has helped make John Fisher even richer.
It is shameful that Fisher and Major League Baseball are abandoning these workers, this community, and the City of Oakland, one of America’s most diverse baseball cities. Every time a billionaire team owner leaves or threatens to leave a host city in order to line their pockets with hundreds of millions of public dollars, workers and communities are hurt.
Local 2 will support these workers, including by helping them find new jobs after this baseball season, and continue to stand up to the billionaires and corporations who exploit working people and our communities.
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UNITE HERE Local 2 is the hospitality workers’ union in the San Francisco Bay Area, with 15,000+ members working in hotels, restaurants, food services, stadiums, SFO, and OAK.
Join the action at Flagship at Meta on Thursday, April 4 from 2:30-4pm at 250 Howard St. (on Howard and Beale St.)
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced today that he has reached a groundbreaking agreement with Qwick that requires the company to convert all of its misclassified California workers to employees, ensuring they are eligible for the full range of employee benefits and protections. In 2023, Chiu sued Qwick, a gig economy company that provides on-demand staffing to the hospitality industry, for depriving workers of critical employment protections by misclassifying them as independent contractors instead of employees.
“This settlement is a huge victory for Qwick workers who are entitled to the same protections, wages, and benefits as their peers employed at hotels and restaurants. We appreciate the work of the City Attorney’s Office to enforce the law in San Francisco. Employers should be on notice that they can’t get away with worker misclassification here in our city.” – Anand Singh, President of UNITE HERE Local 2
Read more from the SF City Attorney’s office here and in the SF Chronicle here.
2024 Local 2 Membership Meeting Schedule:
