UNITE HERE

Type: Organization

Name: UNITE HERE

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Four Philadelphia staffers, two parents go on hunger strike for safe schools

Philly.comThese days, public protests and political talk may seem to be regularly scheduled as the countdown to the state's June 30 budget deadline looms, but one group has aimed for "a different kind of attention."Four members of local unions, two of ... [Published District Administration - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), Mike Mullins, UNITE HERE

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

UNITE HERE

Union: Cuts will increase school violence

“School children could face even greater danger this fall,” a school union report says of the Philadelphia district. (Bob Laramie / Staff Photographer)Travel DealsViolence remains a major problem in the Philadelphia public schools, and it's bound to get ... [Published Philadelphia Daily News - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), UNITE HERE, Assault

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Service Employees International Union

Laborfest: Living Wage Awards Dinner

SEIU Local 87 Hall - 240 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco (Civic Center BART)3rd Annual Living Wage Awards DinnerThe Living Wage Coalition is a grassroots movement of low-wage workers and their allies fighting for economic justice since 1998 to change ... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - 16 hours ago]

Entities: San Francisco (United States), Service Employees International Union, Coalition, Labor, UNITE HERE

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Four staffers, two parents go on hunger strike for safe schools

STEPHANIE AARONSON / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Demonstrators chant and hold signs yesterday outside Gov. Corbett's Center City office, where they are protesting school-district cuts. Four protesters are staging a hunger strike over staff layoffs.Travel Deal ... [Published Philadelphia Daily News - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Mike Mullins, UNITE HERE, Workers, Julia de Burgos, Layoffs

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

4 refuse food until Philly school aides rehired

PHILADELPHIATwo 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 the city ... [Published Lebanon Daily News - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), UNITE HERE, Michael Nutter, Tom Corbett, Workers

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Penny Pritzker

Labor unions not raising a fuss over Pritzker

WASHINGTON — Penny Pritzker, President Barack Obama’s Commerce secretary nominee, has long been a target of organized labor — with the drive against her led by the Chicago Teachers Union and Unite Here Local 1, representing the city’s hotel workers.Yet ... [Published Chicago Sun-Times - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Penny Pritzker, Tamarin, Unite the Union, Hyatt Hotels Corp, Labor Unions

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Education

Parents Go On Hunger Strike To Protest School Budget Cuts

(Credit: TheNotebook.org) A group of four parents and school employees kicked off a hunger strike on the steps of the governor’s office on Monday to protest Philadelphia’s recent decision to close dozens of underutilized schools and lay off some ... [Published Think Progress - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States), Protest, UNITE HERE, Tom Corbett, US Department of Education

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Immigration: Reform makes economic sense

Z missoulian.com23 minutes agoThere is no doubt that aspiring Americans contribute significantly to the economy, yet without recognized status or citizenship, their ability to do so is limited. We have the freedom to seek better jobs, the guarantee of ... [Published Missoulian - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Immigration Reform, AFL-CIO, Immigration, Workers

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Workers Still Protest One Year After Sam Grossman's Take-Over of La Playa Carmel

At the end of the rally on June 7, a former La Playa worker named Ramon, who has attended the demonstrations outside of the hotel regularly, said, "I worked here for 22 years and I have some co-workers who worked here for more than 30 years, and it is ... [Published San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Workers, UNITE HERE, Protest

First reported Jun 15 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 2 reports

Labor unions back Toni Harp for New Haven mayor

NEW HAVEN Labor unions composed of more than 4,000 city residents pledged to put feet on the street for mayoral candidate Toni Harp in a major endorsement that was not unexpected.The Greater New Haven Central Labor Council Friday said after interviewing ... [Published New Haven Register - Jun 15 2013]

Entities: Toni Harp, Labor Unions, Workers, UNITE HERE

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Poll shows immigration reform support

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A majority of Indiana voters support immigration reform according to a poll released Thursday. It's a poll that was conducted by three Washington-based organizations who are leading the push for immigration reform.$ They found support ... [Published WISH-TV - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Dan Coats, Immigration, UNITE HERE, Joe Donnelly

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Workers Protest Hyatt Shareholders Meeting for Longstanding Labor Abuses

CHICAGO, Ill. -- The following information was released by UNITE HERE: On Monday June 10, hotel workers will protest the Hyatt Corporation's annual shareholders meeting taking place at McDonalds Corporation's Oak Brook campus. Hyatt workers have been ... [Published HighBeam Research - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Labor, Workers, Protest

Quotes

"We had to figure out a way to bring a different kind of attention to what the government and people in power are doing because they're pretty much turning their backs on public education in Philadelphia" said hunger-striker Mike Mullins, 39, secretary-treasurer for Local 274, which represents hotel and food-service workers

Four Philadelphia staffers, two parents go on hunger strike for safe schools [Published District Administration - 9 hours ago]

"A lot of noontime aides are taken for granted," said Nicole Hunt, a union spokeswoman. "They don't realize the work that the aides do every day in the schools. We know we stop the fights. We know we stop bullying of the kids."

Union: Cuts will increase school violence [Published Philadelphia Daily News - 12 hours ago]

"They know in their hearts what makes a school work" Mullins said. The funding being offered "is not even close to that."

Four staffers, two parents go on hunger strike for safe schools [Published Philadelphia Daily News - Jun 18 2013]

"Everyone has agreed that will take concessions along with a combination of new ideas and reforms to the current system in order to reset the district for the future" Eller said in an email

Hunger strike until Philly school aides rehired [Published Daily Local News - Jun 18 2013]

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