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We stand in solidarity with our union sisters and brothers impacted by the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Local 26 members hail from around the globe and we have many members who came to Boston from Nepal. We lift our hearts in prayer for Nepal. In addition, we ask that our union family support our Nepali […]
THERE IS arguably no path to middle-class life in Boston more swift and secure than a job in a big hotel. But if you’re a member of Unite Here Local 26, the union that covers more than half of the hotel workers in Boston and Cambridge, the pay and benefits are striking:
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Boston-Cambridge in Allston announced Saturday they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott.
After a high-profile, two-year effort to organize workers at the Hilton DoubleTree Suites hotel, involving a boycott, a sharply divided workforce, and an appeal to “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg, a majority of employees voted Friday to form a union.
Workers at the Harvard-owned DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in Allston announced Saturday that they have won a union. Workers joined UNITE HERE Local 26, Boston’s hotel workers union, ending a more than 2-year public fight and boycott. During the course of their campaign housekeepers educated the public about the pain they experienced cleaning hotel rooms. […]