Click here for full info on Facebook event page! Friday, Aug. 14 at 6PM! Baseball is back, but the Giants are leaving stadium workers behind. We’re planning a BIG action – join us for a SOCIAL DISTANCE PICKET or CAR CARAVAN before the Giants vs. A’s game on Friday Aug. 14 at 6PM. We have […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-08-10 10:12:032020-08-10 10:12:28BIG ACTION: SF Giants, do right by stadium workers!
The MLB has started its COVID-19 season, but billionaire owners are leaving stadium workers out in the cold. We refuse to be left behind after all our years serving Giants fans – Oracle Park workers are going to fight back! Read more about our fight in The Nation.
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-08-07 10:11:582020-08-07 10:11:58Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
Core Committee Leaders met on Monday July 27, 2020 and adopted the Executive Board’s recommendation to allocate money for pension and wages from the $1.45 per hour increase that we are receiving this year per the class A San Francisco hotel’s contract. The money will be distributed as follows: 46 cents goes to our pension […]
CLICK HERE: Tell Gate Gourmet to use the government CARES Act money to recall and pay laid off workers immediately! We demand that Gate Gourmet use the government CARES Act money to recall and pay laid off workers immediately. While the government is awarding the company over millions dollars, hundreds of us Gate Gourmet workers […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-07-09 11:37:352020-07-09 11:38:21Gate Gourmet: Use your free money for the workers!
After Disastrous Reopenings in Las Vegas and Florida, UNITE HERE Local 2 Says San Francisco is National Leader on Requiring Hotels to Prioritize Cleaning Over Profits SAN FRANCISCO – UNITE HERE Local 2, the hotel workers’ union, today praised the Board of Supervisors’ leadership in setting the country’s strongest cleaning and safety standards for hotel reopening. […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-07-07 15:05:532020-07-07 15:09:09San Francisco Sets Highest Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety
For Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / twaechter@unitehere2.org San Francisco Sets Nationwide Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety with Healthy Buildings Ordinance After Disastrous Reopenings in Las Vegas and Florida, UNITE HERE Local 2 Says San Francisco is National Leader on Requiring Hotels to Prioritize Cleaning Over Profits SAN FRANCISCO – UNITE HERE […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-07-07 14:55:592020-08-27 18:45:20San Francisco Sets Nationwide Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety with Healthy Buildings Ordinance
The HEROES Act passed the Democratic-controlled House in early May, but Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threatens to vote the bill down. The HEROES Act among other things: Expands Medicare and Medicaid so workers who loose medical benefits can receive care at no cost. Extends unemployment benefits, including the $600 per week and grants […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00twaechter/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgtwaechter2020-07-06 12:20:362020-07-06 12:21:40Fight for the HEROES Act!
Our President Anand Singh send the Hotel Industry a set of proposals that should guide the Hotel’s reopening. The Union’s proposals are all about bringing workers back to work in a safe environment. We’re demanding the highest levels of health and safety including: Training and staffing PPE and cleaning equipment Thorough disinfecting prior to reopening […]
/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpg00roffill/wp-content/uploads/local2webbanner1400.jpgroffill2020-06-25 09:27:242020-06-25 09:28:33We Are Essential, Not Expendable
Benefits Extended through Oct. 31, 2020 The Union Trustees of our Medical Benefit Trust Fund proposed, and a clear majority of all Trustees voted to extend Medical Benefits for all participants of our Local 2 San Francisco Trust Fund through October 31st, 2020. Local 2’s San Mateo County Trust Fund is in the process of […]
Due to COVID-19 all child/eldercare applications must be submitted by mail. To have priority status eldercare mail-in applications must be submitted by mail and postmarked the week of June 29-July 2. Childcare applications must be submitted and postmarked the week of July 6-10. The forms must be submitted in English. Otherwise have them translated and […]
BIG ACTION: SF Giants, do right by stadium workers!
/in COVID-19, Updates /by twaechterClick here for full info on Facebook event page! Friday, Aug. 14 at 6PM! Baseball is back, but the Giants are leaving stadium workers behind. We’re planning a BIG action – join us for a SOCIAL DISTANCE PICKET or CAR CARAVAN before the Giants vs. A’s game on Friday Aug. 14 at 6PM. We have […]
Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
/in COVID-19, Updates /by twaechterThe MLB has started its COVID-19 season, but billionaire owners are leaving stadium workers out in the cold. We refuse to be left behind after all our years serving Giants fans – Oracle Park workers are going to fight back! Read more about our fight in The Nation.
Allocation Meeting Update
/in COVID-19, Updates /by twaechterCore Committee Leaders met on Monday July 27, 2020 and adopted the Executive Board’s recommendation to allocate money for pension and wages from the $1.45 per hour increase that we are receiving this year per the class A San Francisco hotel’s contract. The money will be distributed as follows: 46 cents goes to our pension […]
Gate Gourmet: Use your free money for the workers!
/in COVID-19, Updates /by twaechterCLICK HERE: Tell Gate Gourmet to use the government CARES Act money to recall and pay laid off workers immediately! We demand that Gate Gourmet use the government CARES Act money to recall and pay laid off workers immediately. While the government is awarding the company over millions dollars, hundreds of us Gate Gourmet workers […]
San Francisco Sets Highest Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety
/in Updates /by twaechterAfter Disastrous Reopenings in Las Vegas and Florida, UNITE HERE Local 2 Says San Francisco is National Leader on Requiring Hotels to Prioritize Cleaning Over Profits SAN FRANCISCO – UNITE HERE Local 2, the hotel workers’ union, today praised the Board of Supervisors’ leadership in setting the country’s strongest cleaning and safety standards for hotel reopening. […]
San Francisco Sets Nationwide Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety with Healthy Buildings Ordinance
/in Updates /by twaechterFor Immediate Release: July 7, 2020 Contact: Ted Waechter / 919-636-1124 / twaechter@unitehere2.org San Francisco Sets Nationwide Standard for Hotel Cleaning and Safety with Healthy Buildings Ordinance After Disastrous Reopenings in Las Vegas and Florida, UNITE HERE Local 2 Says San Francisco is National Leader on Requiring Hotels to Prioritize Cleaning Over Profits SAN FRANCISCO – UNITE HERE […]
Fight for the HEROES Act!
/in COVID-19, Updates /by twaechterThe HEROES Act passed the Democratic-controlled House in early May, but Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threatens to vote the bill down. The HEROES Act among other things: Expands Medicare and Medicaid so workers who loose medical benefits can receive care at no cost. Extends unemployment benefits, including the $600 per week and grants […]
We Are Essential, Not Expendable
/in COVID-19, Updates /by roffillOur President Anand Singh send the Hotel Industry a set of proposals that should guide the Hotel’s reopening. The Union’s proposals are all about bringing workers back to work in a safe environment. We’re demanding the highest levels of health and safety including: Training and staffing PPE and cleaning equipment Thorough disinfecting prior to reopening […]
Union Trustees Extend Medical Benefits
/in COVID-19, Updates /by roffillBenefits Extended through Oct. 31, 2020 The Union Trustees of our Medical Benefit Trust Fund proposed, and a clear majority of all Trustees voted to extend Medical Benefits for all participants of our Local 2 San Francisco Trust Fund through October 31st, 2020. Local 2’s San Mateo County Trust Fund is in the process of […]
Child/Eldercare Applications
/in COVID-19, Updates /by roffillDue to COVID-19 all child/eldercare applications must be submitted by mail. To have priority status eldercare mail-in applications must be submitted by mail and postmarked the week of June 29-July 2. Childcare applications must be submitted and postmarked the week of July 6-10. The forms must be submitted in English. Otherwise have them translated and […]