“I’m more afraid about my bills than the coronavirus,” she said, adding that she would struggle to afford groceries, her car payments and insurance, and other outgoings. “Being a single mom, you live paycheck to paycheck.”… Click here for the whole article.
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-03-20 11:17:142020-04-29 11:19:07“America’s cleaners: fighting on the coronavirus front line”: Reuters interviews Local 2 member
“…Mr. Javier had worked at the hotel about six years and earned $600 to $700 a week during the winter, typically a slow season. He said he and his co-workers got word of deep cuts two weeks ago, after which his hours were scaled back…” Click here for the whole article.
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-03-19 11:19:122020-04-29 11:20:24“A torrent of job losses”: New York Times interviews Local 2 member
For Immediate Release March 5, 2020 Ted Waechter 919-636-1124 [email protected] UNITE HERE Local 2 is the hospitality workers’ union for San Francisco and San Mateo counties, representing 14,000 airport, hotel, and food service workers. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and are concerned for the safety and well-being of all workers. We will […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-03-05 13:16:392020-04-29 11:09:56UNITE HERE Local 2 Statement on COVID-19
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / [email protected] Twitter: @UniteHereLocal2 / #1job Airline catering workers to hold civil disobedience blocking traffic at SFO in protest against unaffordable health care and poverty wages Thousands of airline catering workers serving American Airlines to participate in national day of action […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-02-13 07:47:582020-02-13 15:04:40Airline catering workers to block traffic in civil disobedience against poverty wages and unaffordable health care
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / [email protected] Twitter: @UniteHereLocal2 / #1job 50 arrested at American Airlines SFO terminal in airline catering workers’ Thanksgiving civil disobedience Sit-in followed protest by more than 350 workers and supporters, calling for American Airlines to address poverty wages and unaffordable health care […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2019-11-25 07:34:392020-02-13 07:37:00SFO is booming. But workers there are struggling
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2019-05-09 17:15:152019-05-09 17:54:20Deal in San Francisco Ends Nationwide Marriott Strikes
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2018-12-03 17:13:462019-05-09 17:54:16Striking Marriott hotel workers ratify new contract in overwhelming vote
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2018-10-17 17:06:452019-05-09 17:54:04Here’s why thousands of hotel workers are picketing this multibillion-dollar hotel corporation.
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2018-07-02 14:04:412018-07-05 12:34:28Marriott did little after housekeepers were assaulted. Now, workers are fighting back.
“America’s cleaners: fighting on the coronavirus front line”: Reuters interviews Local 2 member
“I’m more afraid about my bills than the coronavirus,” she said, adding that she would struggle to afford groceries, her car payments and insurance, and other outgoings. “Being a single mom, you live paycheck to paycheck.”… Click here for the whole article.
“A torrent of job losses”: New York Times interviews Local 2 member
“…Mr. Javier had worked at the hotel about six years and earned $600 to $700 a week during the winter, typically a slow season. He said he and his co-workers got word of deep cuts two weeks ago, after which his hours were scaled back…” Click here for the whole article.
UNITE HERE Local 2 Statement on COVID-19
For Immediate Release March 5, 2020 Ted Waechter 919-636-1124 [email protected] UNITE HERE Local 2 is the hospitality workers’ union for San Francisco and San Mateo counties, representing 14,000 airport, hotel, and food service workers. We are closely monitoring developments surrounding COVID-19 and are concerned for the safety and well-being of all workers. We will […]
Airline catering workers to block traffic in civil disobedience against poverty wages and unaffordable health care
For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 13, 2020 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / [email protected] Twitter: @UniteHereLocal2 / #1job Airline catering workers to hold civil disobedience blocking traffic at SFO in protest against unaffordable health care and poverty wages Thousands of airline catering workers serving American Airlines to participate in national day of action […]
50 arrested at SFO American Airlines terminal in airline catering workers’ Thanksgiving civil disobedience
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / [email protected] Twitter: @UniteHereLocal2 / #1job 50 arrested at American Airlines SFO terminal in airline catering workers’ Thanksgiving civil disobedience Sit-in followed protest by more than 350 workers and supporters, calling for American Airlines to address poverty wages and unaffordable health care […]
SFO is booming. But workers there are struggling
Deal in San Francisco Ends Nationwide Marriott Strikes
Striking Marriott hotel workers ratify new contract in overwhelming vote
Here’s why thousands of hotel workers are picketing this multibillion-dollar hotel corporation.
Marriott did little after housekeepers were assaulted. Now, workers are fighting back.