UNITE HERE Local 26

May Day 2013!

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:59:13 +0000

Local 26 members had a great time celebrating May Day with allies and community members at the 2013 May Day March and Rally in East Boston. ¡Reforma migratoria ahora! Click on the title for photos.

Unite HERE! fights for Immigrant Rights

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:48:01 +0000

UNITE HERE has been an advocate for immigrant rights for a long time! Click on the title to see the video.

Giving in memory of Krystle Campbell

UNITEHERELocal26 — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:53:36 +0000

IMPORTANT – Please donate to support our union sister Patty and union brother Billy who lost family member Krystle at the Boston Marathon:

Personal gifts to the Campbell family. If you would like to make a personal gift to the Campbell family to help them with their costs during this difficult time, please make gifts as follows:

Online gifts can be made through YouCaring.com using this link: http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/supporting-krystle-campbell-s-family/56447
Checks should be payable to “Patricia Campbell” and mailed to:

Ropes & Gray LLP

Attn: Cameron Casey

800 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02199

You will not be eligible for an income tax charitable deduction for making this gift.

The Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund at The Boston Foundation. If you would like to make a charitable gift in memory of Krystle Campbell, please contribute to the Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund at The Boston Foundation. The Memorial Fund will be used to make gifts in honor and remembrance of Krystle to charitable causes important to Krystle and her family. Gifts should be made as follows:

Online gifts can be made using this link: http://www.tbf.org/giving/make-a-gift/krystle-campbell-memorial-fund
Checks should be payable to “The Boston Foundation”, and should reference the Krystle Campbell Memorial Fund in the memo line. Please mail checks to:

The Boston Foundation

Fund Administration

75 Arlington Street, 10^th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

You may be eligible for an income tax charitable deduction for making a contribution to The Boston Foundation, which is a section 501(c)(3) public charity.

The One Fund Boston. If you would like to make a charitable gift to benefit those affected by the Marathon bombings, please consider contributing to The One Fund Boston. Please visit www.onefundboston.org for more information.

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If you would like to make a non-deductible personal gift to the family of Krystle Campbell, go to: http://www.youcaring.com/memorial-fundraiser/supporting-krystle-campbell-s-family/56447

If you would like to make a charitable gift to a memorial fund that will be used for charitable causes important to Krystle and her family, go to: http://www.tbf.org/giving/make-a-gift/krystle-campbell-memorial-fund

If you would like to make a charitable gift to benefit those affected by the Marathon bombings, go to: www.onefundboston.org

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Lost wages: Service workers deserve help

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:39:28 +0000

It’s a testament to the generous spirit of hotel and restaurant workers that so many donated their time to feed law enforcement personnel investigating the Marathon bombings. Even though businesses near the blast sites were closed — most notably the Lenox Hotel — employees found ways to keep investigators fed and cared for. Click here... Read more »

Canvassing for Linda Dorcena Forry!

UNITEHERELocal26 — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:28:05 +0000

We had a great time canvassing for Linda Dorcena Forry for Boston today! Remember, the election is this Tuesday, April 30th – Polls open at 7AM and close at 8PM.

Local 26 still going strong after a day of doors!

Krystle Campbell, daughter of UNITE HERE Local 26 member Patty Campbell

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:11:16 +0000

“Our union is a family. We are overcome with grief alongside Patty and Billy Campbell and their family, who lost their loved one Krystle on Monday. We join the rest of the Boston community in mourning her death and remembering her life. The thoughts of all of Boston’s hotel workers are with the Campbells and with the families of the other victims of Monday’s attack. We will support our union sister Patty and our union brother Billy in the aftermath of this unimaginable loss.”

–Statement of Brian Lang, President of UNITE HERE Local 26.

DoubleTree Hotel Workers Allege Illegal Interference With Unionization Process

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:05:26 +0000

Employees of the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Boston filed charges of unfair labor practices on Wednesday alleging that management illegally interfered with their unionization process. The charges, filed with the National Labor Relations Board, follow a March petition by workers that announced their intention to begin the process of deciding whether or not to join UNITE HERE! Local 26, the state branch of a national union that represents more than 250,000 workers.

How will the Boston shutdown affect workers?

UNITEHERELocal26 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:49:26 +0000

As Boston became a ghost town Friday, most of the city’s residents stayed home from work and got a unexpected day off. Most, but not all. While Starbucks and Subways shuttered, select Dunkin’ Donuts stayed open at the requests of law enforcement, earning deserved praise for the Boston-based chain. But while the chain was “encouraging our guests to stay home today,” somebody had to come in to make the Dunkaccinos for the police officers, namely the low-wage workers who staff the stores.

Harvard Freshmen Applaud Dining Hall Staff

UNITEHERELocal26 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:19:37 +0000

On a traumatic day, freshmen students dining in Annenberg applaud the dining hall staff who came to work despite the manhunt for a suspected Boston Marathon Bomber. Click on the link below to see the video. Click on the title to see the video.

Le Méridien hotel protests continue in Cambridge

UNITEHERELocal26 — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:59:55 +0000

Chants of “No Justice, No Peace” echoed through Central Square last Thursday, April 4, as hundreds of protesters marched from Cambridge City Hall to the Le Méridien on Sidney Street to support hotel workers’ rights. Click on the title link to read more.