UNITE HERE Local 26 — Massachusetts & Rhode Island
You’re not powerless.
You were just alone.
12,000 hotel, airport, university, food service, and casino workers across Massachusetts and Rhode Island — together.
Hotel workers · Hyatt Boston contract campaign · 2024 · 240 workers, 40 guaranteed hours
The fight right now
Encore Boston Harbor · Priority campaign
800 casino workers. No guaranteed healthcare. Contract expires September 2026.
Wynn Resorts chose this. 800 Encore workers are in the process of unmaking it — together.
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Member story · Hyatt Cambridge
“She didn’t need a different job. She needed 240 people to ask together.”
Carmen Vásquez · Room Attendant · Hyatt Cambridge · Member since 2019
Carmen Vásquez worked two jobs for six years. Hyatt Cambridge room attendant by day, second job at night, every week.
After the 2019 contract — 40 guaranteed hours, no more scheduling games — she hasn’t worked a second shift in three years.
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What collective power has actually won · With receipts
If you work in hotels, airports, universities, food service, or casinos in MA or RI
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See what your co-workers have won. Find out what a contract at your workplace could look like.
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