Covid Updates: Black And Brown New Haveners Hit Hardest; Hotel Deal Struck
Largest hotel union calls on companies to pay laid-off workers not investors
Did you know?
Just over 30 years ago, Clerical and Technical employees at Yale didn't have a union, which means we didn't have pay equality for women and men, we didn't have our incredible health benefits, and our pension left us in poverty. Everything…
changing lives
Our international union, UNITE HERE, is proud to be the fastest growing private sector union in the AFL-CIO. At our last convention in 2014 we set a goal to organize 10,000 new members per year to hit a total of 50,000 lives changed by…
supporting our sisters and brothers in puerto rico
Our UNITE HERE sister union Local 610 represents 2,000 workers in four hotels in Puerto Rico, two of which have been shut down permanently after Hurricane Maria. In the wake of this devastation, our international has negotiated with…
Another YNHH to C&T Conversion!
Nearly four years ago, Local 34 filed the first grievance in our fight to stop our jobs from becoming non-union Hospital jobs. Local 34 work was being posted as Yale-New Haven Hospital work, and we were losing positions.
Karen Salinas…
Over 300 Enroll in Aflac Coverage
In our Contract Survey last year, Local 34 members set short-term disability insurance as a priority. We worked hard to negotiate a voluntary plan provided by AFLAC.
A joint union-management team selected AFLAC because it offered the…