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We believe given the state of negotiations this is something that did not need to happen since Centerplate and Unite Here are in active negotiations
Local One’s President Henry Tamarin has been silent on the pick and declined interview requests… He did so again Thursday through a Unite Here national spokesman. His son, Nate Tamarin, works at the White House and is a liaison to labor.More quotes »
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10 Arrested At AT&T Park Demonstration Supporting Concession Workers
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A demonstration in support of AT&T Park concession workers at a San Francisco Giants game on Tuesday night led to 10 arrests, police said. Hundreds of members of Unite Here Local 2 and their supporters gathered outside the ballpa 6/19/13 from CBS San Francisco Read more »
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4 refuse food until Philly school aides rehired
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two parents and two employees of the Philadelphia school district are going on a hunger strike until the system gets additional funding. The activists began the "Fast for Safe Schools" on Monday. They intend to drink only water until from The Delaware County Times Read more »
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Millions spent on casinos didn't help Atlantic City
— Jim Whelan, former Atlantic City mayor now a state senator — Bob McDevitt, president of Unite Here Local 54, the casino workers' union The view of the Atlantic City Boardwalk on Monday, May 6, 2013. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) from USA Today Read more »
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Workers Frustrated by Pritzker Nomination—But What Impact Will She Have?
The commerce and labor departments were founded as a single unit under President Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. The two departments split in 1913 and today are viewed as representing opposing forces—the former dedicated to expanding business competitiveness from Reproductive Health: Reality Check Read more »
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Chicago union calls off 10-year strike, believed to be longest ever
Unite Here Local 1 ended an epic strike that began in 2003 against the Congress Plaza Hotel in downtown Chicago this week. The union agreed to an unconditional return to work at midnight on Wednesday. The decision to end the strike came as a surprise to from Washington Examiner Read more »
