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More Boston College Cafeteria Workers Join Boston’s Local 26

After organizing to join UNITE HERE Local 26, Food service workers at 3 Boston-area universities unanimously ratified their first Union contract. 100 workers in the dining halls at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (Colleges of Fenway) who are employed by Chartwells will receive substantial pay […]

Boston’s Local 26 Endorses Tolman and Goldberg

Hotel Workers Endorse Tolman and Goldberg Boston’s Local 26 Endorses Warren Tolman for Attorney General and Deb Goldberg for Treasurer BOSTON – UNITE HERE Local 26, one of the most politically powerful and diverse unions in Boston, today announced its official endorsement of Warren Tolman for Attorney General and Deb Goldberg for Treasurer. Local 26 […]

Local 26 Supports the Trust Act

The following is testimony from Local 26 Secretary Treasurer Henry Green given at a Boston City Council hearing on the Trust Act. The Trust Act would limit the Boston Police Department’s ability to detain immigrants for ICE.

Seven Things You Should Know About Our International President

D. Taylor, president of the hospitality workers’ union Unite Here, was in Boston recently for the organization’s convention, held every five years. While he was here, Taylor, 57, participated in a picket line in front of the Hilton DoubleTree Suites on the Charles River and talked to reporter Katie Johnston about the role of unions […]