Entries by UNITEHERELocal26

Panel backs lifting ban on workers with felonies

The state Gaming Commission and a hospitality workers union are pushing to erase a law that bars people convicted in the past decade of felony theft, fraud, perjury or embezzlement from working in a Bay State casino. The commission yesterday endorsed a proposal by UNITE HERE — which represents hospitality workers in Steve Wynn’s Las […]

Tragic East Boston Fire Leaves 2 Local 26 Members without a Home.

Dear Union Brothers and Sisters, On April 9th, 2014 East Boston residents and UNITE HERE Local 26 members Candida (Candy) Gomes and Osmin Hernandez lost their homes in a tragic eight-alarm fire.  In the aftermath of this unimaginable loss, donations from our union family are appreciated. A fund has been set up to help deliver […]

Doubletree Boycott Launch Draws More Than 100 Workers, Advocates

More than 100 workers, advocates, and students launched a boycott of the Boston-Cambridge DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel on Thursday evening to support DoubleTree employees in their efforts to unionize. The boycott comes after a majority of workers at the hotel signed a petition last March to launch the process of deciding whether to join […]

Doubletree Hotel Picketed in Demand for Fair Unionization Process

BOSTON/Allston – The DoubleTree hotel in Allston was picketed on Thursday as protestors called on its operators Hilton Worldwide and its owner Harvard University to grant their demand for a fair unionization process.  A number of hotel employees and around 200 supporters demonstrated outside the hotel claiming that workers have not received a fair process […]

Local 26 In Support of Extended T Service

UNITE HERE Local 26 member Liliana Ospina spoke at a press conference with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick for extended T service.  Click on the title to see the video.