Boston Globe: A path to the middle class, via hotel work

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 win union at Harvard-owned DoubleTree hotel

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.

Boston Globe: Hilton Hotel Workers Vote to Unionize

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.

PBS NewsHour highlights Local 26 Harvard University members’ dedication

Local 26 member and Harvard University dining hall worker Kerry Maiato shows the dedication and hard-work of our members during Boston’s terrible winter. Read more

Boston Globe on Park Plaza Renovations

Local 26 has negotiated language into our hotel contracts to ensure renovations are done the right way, with a skilled union workforce. The Park Plaza is and will always be “one of those classic Boston hotels with an incredible heritage.” Read more